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Five months into Russia's war on Ukraine, the Kremlin still hasn’t decreed a general mobilization to draft troops for its invasion, but there are growing reports that it is enticing and pressuring men of fighting age to join, as well as leaning on younger conscripts to sign contracts so they can deploy to the front. In Bashkortostan -- a Russian republic located some 1,300 kilometers east of Moscow -- many parents of conscripts have launched appeals to the local military prosecutor's office over complaints that their sons were illegally detained at the conscription office and were told that they would...

Volodymyr Zelensky the Ukrainian President is a Crisis Actor Every time I hear something about him on the news they always say "Former actor and comedian Volodymyr Zelensky" Once an actor always an actor, and an actor is a professional liar by trade. Some of you may be thinking yes, but there could be good actors and bad actors, and besides he was a comedian so he must be a funny guy. I found a clip of his past work, you can judge for yourself if this is the guy we want to support in what could become an expensive...