# Forced military-contract roundups of men are surging again in Russia

https://mins.news/en/item/122697

- Meduza, 2026-10-30 15:15 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/cards/roundups-to-force-men-into-the-war-are-surging-again-in-russia-families-in-omsk-and-other-cities-say-men-are-being-seized-off-the-streets

> Reports of men being seized in Russian cities and pressured to sign Defense Ministry contracts before being sent to fight in Ukraine have risen again. Families in Omsk say men are taken from the streets, subjected to violence and cut off from contact. Rights advocates say similar complaints have come from dozens of regions.

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