# Russia’s UN envoy Nebenzya says mobilization is ‘not planned or expected’

https://mins.news/en/item/28094

- Meduza, 2026-08-21 07:04 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/21/mobilization-in-russia-not-planned-or-expected-russia-s-un-envoy-nebenzya-says

> Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, said Moscow currently has no plans for mass mobilization and does not expect one. Asked about expectations of a new wave after the September elections, he said events would show who was right. Russian authorities had said 20,000 people crossed the Verkhny Lars checkpoint into Georgia in one day.

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