-Caveat Lector- http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,24-58308,00.html TUESDAY DECEMBER 26 2000 Russian soldiers recruited on streets FROM ALICE LAGNADO IN MOSCOW THE Russian Army is rounding up hundreds of young men in the street in a desperate attempt to fulfil quotas for its conscript forces. The Army must recruit conscripts by the new year, but draft- dodging in Moscow is so rampant that it has resorted to arresting men at random. Only 22 per cent of young men in Moscow sign up for national service, which is feared because of rampant bullying and the war in Chechnya, which kills about 30 soldiers a week. At 9am last Friday Artyom Fyodorov, 23, a journalist and law student, set off for work from his home in central Moscow. When he arrived at his local underground station he was stopped by a policeman. He was taken to the draft office where he was told he would serve in a base outside Moscow. His mother Yevgenia was at home when she got the call. �My child has been kidnapped. Don�t any of these people think about how the mothers feel?� Mr Fyodorov was not against serving in the army � if he had been a healthy, strong young man � but he contracted hepatitis B three years ago and since then has suffered stomach problems, so expected to fail the medical check. But the army told him that he was �fit to serve with limitations� meaning that he will be exempt from divisions such as the paratroopers. Elena Stefanovskaya, of the Soldiers� Mothers� Committee, said: �There has been a concerted action for the past week to fulfil quotas by December 31. Boys are taken in the metro, at home or in the street.� Copyright 2000 Times Newspapers Ltd. -- I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations. - G. K. Chesterton, ILN, 10/4/19 <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
