Since the beginning of the summer, Penza, a city of Russian provinces some 800 kilometers east of Moscow, has held headlines of the Russian independent press in exile and of European media. Local security forces are carrying out intense raids on streets or even in companies to apprehend military-age males and force them to sign a contract to go to war in Ukraine, generating a wave of panic among local residents. The Russian opposition warns of t…
Since the beginning of the summer, Penza, a city of Russian provinces some 800 kilometers east of Moscow, has held headlines of the Russian independent press in exile and of European media. Local security forces are carrying out intense raids on streets or even in companies to apprehend military-age males and force them to sign a contract to go to war in Ukraine, generating a wave of panic among local residents. The Russian opposition warns of t…