WorldPenza police call forced-recruitment raid reports ‘false,’ concede some men may have posed as officers
Russia’s Interior Ministry office in the Penza region says residents are increasingly obstructing police detentions and calls reports of men being taken to draft offices untrue. It is investigating whether some people impersonated officers. Residents have reported street raids, forced military contracts, and deployment to Ukraine since mid-June; authorities deny forcibly sending men to the front.
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Penza police call forced-recruitment raid reports ‘false,’ concede some men may have posed as officers