How men in one Russian region are being abducted and sent to war

Since mid-June, mass roundups have reportedly been occurring in Russia's Penza region, where men are seized in public and pressured into signing military contracts before being sent to fight in Ukraine. According to investigative outlet iStories, authorities use deception, bribery, threats, and outright force to meet recruitment targets.

The outlet reports that Tamara Pavlutkina, head of the Bashmakovsky District administration and local United Russia party branch, may be behind the quotas driving these roundups. Local residents described to journalists how and where the abductions have taken place.

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