Singer Mamut Useinov, detained during the raid in the mosque in Kotelniki, was forcibly sent to the military unit

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The security forces took the singer Mamut Useinov from the mosque and took them to the military registration and enlistment office, it became known from his Instagram. Now he is in military unit No. 19612 in the city of Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Region, wrote Astra with reference to the representative of Useinov. The singer was forcibly put on the bus.

On October 20, police officers came to the Muslim prayer house in Kotelniki in the Moscow region. They took the parishioners, took them to the military registration and enlistment office and, under the threat of imprisonment, forced to sign contracts on military service.

According to Useinov, he and other Muslims, under the pretext of checking the documents, were put on the bus and, after several hours of waiting, was taken to the military enlistment office of Lyubertsy. After the medical board, the men were taken to the contract for the recruitment of contractors in Balashikha, and from there to the regional assembly point in the city of Zheleznodorozhny.

Context

• In September 2022, Russia simplified citizenship for migrants who fought in Ukraine. The military enlistment offices opened even in migration centers.

• At the same time, mercenaries are illegal both by international law and the law of the states of Central Asia and Russia. In Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan for mercenaries threatens up to 10 years in prison, in Kazakhstan up to 12, and in Tajikistan - up to 20 years.

• At least ten criminal cases have already been instituted in Kazakhstan on the fact of the participation of citizens of the country in the war.

• On August 15, a man was arrested in Kyrgyzstan on suspicion of mercenaries. He fought in the "PMC Wagner".

• In May 2023, Tajikistan began to draw up lists of warring citizens of the country, and promised to institute criminal proceedings against them.

• Despite the fact that the law of Belarus punishes mercenaries up to seven years in prison, Alexander Lukashenko promised not to punish Belarusians for joining the ranks of the PMC Wagner. Earlier in Belarus, they repeatedly sent sentences to people who fought in the Donbass. The real terms were received by both those who fought for Ukraine and those who supported the self -proclaimed “republics”.