The City Hall of Novosibirsk sent out an advertisement for a contract service to universities

The City Hall of Novosibirsk has sent a letter to the city’s universities and colleges with a request to place on the websites of educational institutions an advertisement for contract services, Sibir.Realii reports.

The advertisement features a photo of a military man with the inscription ZOV, which is stylized as St. George’s ribbon, and a list of benefits for contractors and war participants, including budget places for children in universities.

The publication “Taiga.Info” reports that the managing organizations of residential buildings received similar letters from the Novosibirsk City Hall – they are asked to place advertisements “on notice boards, front doors, and in entrances.”

Earlier it became known that graduates of the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) are required to sign summonses to the military enlistment office, and this is a condition for receiving a diploma, and from April 1 the Ministry of Defense is starting a new campaign to recruit contract workers into the Russian army with the aim of replenishing its ranks by 400 thousand people . At the same time, residents of more than 30 regions of Russia, who are part of the army reserve, began to serve summonses to the military enlistment offices again – as it was in September last year after the so-called “partial mobilization” announced by Vladimir Putin. The authorities claim that this is being done “exclusively to update military account data.”

• Rumors about the beginning of the second wave of mobilization in Russia due to the lack of manpower to continue the full-scale war in Ukraine have periodically appeared in the media since the end of last year. In particular, the intelligence agencies of several western countries and the authorities of Ukraine warned about such events. The Kremlin denied and denies these plans.
• According to official data, more than 330,000 Russians who are in the reserve have been called up for military service since September last year as part of “partial mobilization”. At the end of October, the Minister of Defense of Russia, Sergei Shoigu, reported on the completion of the mobilization. After that, Putin also announced the end of conscription, but did not sign the corresponding decree. Thus, official mobilization continues in Russia.
• In January, the Minister of Defense of Russia, Sergei Shoigu, announced the task of increasing the number of Russian troops to one and a half million people within three years. It is assumed that almost half of them will be contractors.