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In December, the EUAA and the Danish Immigration Service published reports on conscription and mobilisation:
Russia; An update on military service since July 2022 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
The Russian Federation – Military service (Special or Analytical Report, English)
On 21 September 2022, president Putin announced a partial military mobilisation:
Putin warning: What does Russian military call-up mean for Ukraine? (Media Report, English)
Putin Orders Partial Military Mobilization Amid Setbacks In Ukraine, Warns West 'It's Not A Bluff' (Media Report, English)
The official decree on the partial mobilisation in Russian:
Указ Президента Российской Федерации; Об объявлении частичной мобилизации в Российской Федерации (National Law, Russian)
Politico.eu published an (inofficial) translation:
Full text of Putin’s mobilization decree — translated (Media Report, English)
Representatives of the Russian Armed Forces spoke on first details regarding implementation of the mobilisation:
Russia's not-so-partial 'partial mobilization'; More details emerge about the Kremlin’s draft (Media Report, English)
Complex responsibilities, shared between the Ministry of Defense and federal subjects, reportedly lead to uneven implementation of the mobilisation. President Putin signed additional decrees on 24 September and 5 October, explicitly granting deferment from mobilisation for students. Earlier, students were drafted even though they were exempt according to official information:
Указ Президента Российской Федерации; О внесении изменения в Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 24 сентября 2022 г. № 664 "О предоставлении отсрочки от призыва на военную службу по мобилизации" (National Law, Russian)
Putin signs decree to give mobilization deferments to some groups of people (Media Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 25 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Указ «О предоставлении отсрочки от призыва на военную службу по мобилизации» (National Law, Russian)
Reuters reports that current contracts of professional soldiers are automatically extended until the end of mobilisation:
Explainer: What does Vladimir Putin's 'partial' mobilisation mean for Russia's military machine? (Media Report, English)
There are reports on sold out flights and arrests during protests against the partial mobilisation:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 4 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 21 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
'No One Is Listening To Us': Since Mobilization, Russian Women Have Stepped Up Protests Against Ukraine War (Media Report, English)
Beyond Demonstrations and Polls: The Real Face of Anti-War Attitudes in Russia; Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 19 Issue: 173 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 10 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 9 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 5 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 24 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Journalists systematically harassed during anti-mobilisation protests in Russia (Appeal or News Release, English)
Dagestan chooses violence against mobilization opponents (Media Report, English)
Russia Continues Crackdown On Spreading Anti-Mobilization Protests As Draft Criticism Grows (Media Report, English)
Anti-mobilization protest in Russia: Warning shots fired in Dagestan (Media Report, English)
Russia: Arbitrary detentions and forcible conscriptions of peaceful protesters (Appeal or News Release, English)
Nach Teilmobilmachung: Über 1.300 Festnahmen bei Demos und Run auf Flugtickets (Media Report, German)
Russian anti-draft protesters being ordered to enlist, rights group says (Media Report, English)
Ukraine conflict: Russia arrests hundreds at anti-war protests (Media Report, English)
Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the president, is reported as saying "This is not against the law", referring to detained protesters being given draft summons:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 7 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Practice of punishment by sending to front spreads beyond Chechnya (Media Report, English)
Kremlin: reports of exodus of fighting-age men are exaggerated (Media Report, English)
Rostov and Kursk governors announce ‘second wave’ of mobilization (Media Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 11 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
A new report shows discrepancies in Russian draft statistics (Media Report, English)
Join, Flee, Or Resist: Russia Pushed To The Brink Amid Putin's Chaotic Mobilization Order (Media Report, English)
Mobilization as a Triumph of Political Eschatology; Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 19 Issue: 144 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 23 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 22 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
‘It’s a 100% mobilisation’: day one of Russia’s drive to build its army (Media Report, English)
There are reports of disproportionate drafting of ethnically non-Russians, as well as of exemption grounds not being respected:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 17 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Are Non-Russians Putin’s Primary Domestic Target for War Effort—or Simply Collateral Damage?; Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 19 Issue: 146 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
‘A way to get rid of us’: Crimean Tatars decry Russia’s mobilisation (Media Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 23 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 22 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
On the government responding to errors:
Ukraine war: Russia admits mobilisation errors, amid growing public opposition (Media Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 26 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
President Putin announced on 14 October that the partial military mobilisation might end in about two weeks. ISW assumes this is due to the upcoming annual conscription in the fall, "to free up bureaucratic resources". Furthermore, the Russian annexation of territories in Ukraine may serve to place conscripts in these areas (as conscripts are prohibited by Russian law from serving abroad, according to ISW). Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports of unannounced summons at apartment complexes, at work, and in restaurants.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 14 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 7 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
State Duma legalizes conscripting convicted felons into Russian military (Media Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 26 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Amid A Chaotic Call-Up, Some Russian Draftees Are Returning Home In Body Bags. Now Putin Says Mobilization Is Ending. (Media Report, English)
Russia is grabbing men off the street to fight in Ukraine (Media Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 14 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Authorities Resort to Raiding Hotels to Catch Draft Dodgers (Media Report, English)
On 28 October, Defense Minister Shoigu and President Putin announced the end of partial military mobilisation. ISW assumes this is due to the semi-annual conscription cycle starting on 1 November.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 2 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
‘Partial mobilization is over, full stop,’ says the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Why doesn’t Putin sign a decree to make this official? (Media Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 30 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 28 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Defense Minister Shoigu tells Putin mobilization is complete (Media Report, English)
Continued and possibly "covert" mobilisation after its announced end is reported:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 19, 2023 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 7, 2023 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 30 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Dezember 14 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 3 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 1 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 25 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 22 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 21 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 18 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 22 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 21 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
On 19 October, president Putin signed a decree declaring martial law in four recently annexed regions: Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia. Meduza points to a paragraph of the decree potentially allowing the use of measures of martial law in the entire Russian Federation during the martial law declared for the four regions.
Forced labor, property seizures, and travel restrictions; What Putin's martial law decrees really mean — and how they violate existing legislation (Media Report, English)
Указ о введении военного положения на территориях ДНР, ЛНР, Запорожской и Херсонской областей (National Law, Russian)
Putin verhängt Kriegsrecht in illegal annektierten Regionen (Media Report, German)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 19 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
Putin declares martial law in annexed Ukrainian regions (Media Report, English)
Putin signs decree on imposing martial law in four new Russian regions (Media Report, English)
Russians who left the country can be designated ‘foreign agents,’ says Senator Andrey Klimov (Media Report, English)
How Should Europe Respond to Russians Fleeing the Military Mobilisation? (Media Report, English)
Factbox: Where have Russians been fleeing to since mobilisation began? (Media Report, English)
Russian State Duma Speaker says border guards keeping lists of draft evaders (Media Report, English)
Ukraine war: Russia to open war enlisting hub on Georgia border (Media Report, English)
Border queues build as people flee Russia to escape Putin’s call-up (Media Report, English)
'If you bought your ticket today, we might have a problem'; Traffic jams form at Russia’s border crossings as potential conscripts scramble to escape (Media Report, English)
Flights out of Russia sell out after Putin orders partial call-up (Media Report, English)
State Duma passed a bill toughening punishments for military or draft-related crimes, if committed during mobilisation or in combat situations. The bill was then signed by president Putin:
Russland: Putin unterschreibt neues Gesetz – Kriegsdienstverweigerern drohen lange Haftstrafen (Media Report, English)
Russia Toughens Penalty For Voluntary Surrender, Refusal To Fight (Media Report, English)
A new Russian law suggests the country is preparing for mobilization. Here's what it says. (Media Report, English)
Russian parliament toughens punishment for crimes during military mobilisation (Media Report, English)
First criminal charges in Russia for dodging mobilisation (Media Report, English)
Novaya Gazeta: at least 101 conscripts killed since beginning of mobilization (Media Report, English)
In the month since Russia announced ‘partial mobilization,’ 41 conscripts have died (Media Report, English)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 13 (Special or Analytical Report, English)