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Russian cadets at military universities and academies say they are being deprived of the right to resign. At the same time, their military contracts are now permanent under Putin’s 2022 mobilization decree

29 October

Irina Dolinina, Aleksandr Atasuntsev

“They Aren’t Letting Us Go.” Russian Cadets Lured into Military Service with No Way Out

There are deserters who flee the war right from the frontlines. Some of them, like corporal Pavlov, manage to do so twice. He told us his story

15 October

Aleksandr Atasuntsev

“Dumb Way to Fight”

Servicemen can pay a bribe to escape the frontlines, with the cost ranging from 700 thousand to 3 million rubles. However, bribery is not always an option. Here is how the system works

17 February

Aleksandr Atasuntsev

How Russian Soldiers Bribe Their Way Off the Frontline

In 2022, 74 lieutenants graduated from the Donetsk Higher Combined Arms Command School. At least 17 of them died, more than half of them in the first year of the war

5 December

Aleksandr Atasuntsev

A Deadly Graduation: One in Four Cadets Killed in War