They refused to fight for Putin. Stories of deserters who saved their lives and conscience.

One of the main tasks of political instructors or political officers in the army now is to reduce the number of deserters. Threats and intimidation are used, such people are branded and shamed. But there is good news: even despite all of the above, there are more and more deserters every day. Dmitry Nizovtsev tells what to do for those who find themselves in a war against their will, is there a way to escape from Putin’s meat grinder and why being a deserter is not at all shameful. Comment: Michael Naki, political scientist, journalist Alexey Alshansky, analyst at Conflict Intelligence Team Grigory Sverdlin, head of the “Walk through the Forest” project Arthur Alkhastov, lawyer of the branch of the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights in Astana Former military and mobilized 🔹Support our work: Become a channel sponsor: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgxTPTFbIbCWfTR9I2-5SeQ/join" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgxTPTFbIbCWfTR9I2-5SeQ/join</a> Support us with cryptocurrency: <a href="https://donate.fbk.info/#crypto" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://donate.fbk.info/#crypto</a> How to use cryptocurrency. Instructions: <a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/teamnavalny/btc-instruction.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://storage.googleapis.com/teamnavalny/btc-instruction.pdf</a> All ways to support our work: <a href="https://donate.fbk.info/novikov" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://donate.fbk.info/novikov</a> 🔹 Important links: List of warmongers: <a href="https://acf.international/ru#sanctions" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://acf.international/ru#sanctions</a> Headquarters. Secure platform for activists in Russia: <a href="https://shtab.navalny.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://shtab.navalny.com</a> Support Navalny&#039;s Headquarters: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/shtab_navalny" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.patreon.com/shtab_navalny</a> &quot;Prices today.&quot; How the cost of goods changed after the start of the war: <a href="https://pricing.day" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://pricing.day</a> 🔹 Subscribe to “Navalny LIVE” on social networks: Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/navalnylivechannel" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://t.me/navalnylivechannel</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/navalny.live" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/navalny.live</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/navalnylive" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://twitter.com/navalnylive</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/navalnylive" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/navalnylive</a>