How do they lure students into the military?
At least 70 educational institutions in 23 regions of Russia have begun recruiting students for the military. They are promised "special conditions," a one-year contract, early graduation, and, of course, money. We've compiled what was written on the cards about this.
Main start
"The main start of your life": exactly like that they are agitating For contract service at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. Students who join the unmanned forces are promised service alongside their university studies. An individual curriculum will be developed for them, and after discharge, they will return to their original class. How exactly they will take exams and attend lectures while at the front is not disclosed.
On a website dedicated to unmanned forces, where explain The rules and conditions of recruitment state that students are granted academic leave for the duration of their service. This affirm At Tyumen State University, students will retain their state-funded accommodations and dormitory space for the duration of their service.
"Invaluable experience"
New contract soldiers are promised "the opportunity to apply their knowledge in practice, test themselves, and gain experience unavailable in classrooms." This is a "new level of competence and confidence," recruiters assure. At some meetings with students, they assurethat “military service is not just an obligation, but a unique opportunity to realize one’s ambitions.”
Preparation before deployment to the troops will also be: enough Two months. However, by law, training must be completed before signing a contract. Only after that can a decision be made on which branch of the military and what position the cadet will be assigned to.
Just a year
Recruiters insist that they will only have to serve for a year under a "special contract," while Tyumen State University adds: "with guaranteed discharge upon completion of their service." However, Vladimir Putin has yet to sign the decree ending mobilization, meaning all signed contracts are valid until the end of the war. Special conditions for students, as well as the guarantee that they will serve in unmanned forces and operate drones remotely, are not stipulated in the law.
Money
Like other "volunteers," students are lured to the front with money. This includes not only one-time payments adopted at the federal and regional levels, but also special "personal scholarships" and "support measures" from universities and technical schools. At St. Petersburg State University proposed 50 rubles per contract. At the Far Eastern Federal University, where quotas for contract students were introduced, calculated: they will receive 5,5 million rubles for a year of service.
Everything is voluntary
“Patriotic feelings,” “resistance to attempts to denigrate the country’s history” are also widely used propaganda narratives use In student recruitment. The contract is explained as "family support," an active civic position. And all documents are signed voluntarily by students. Far Eastern Federal University explained that students do so "guided solely by personal convictions and patriotic duty," and that the university is merely creating favorable conditions for them. Far Eastern Federal University also opened a recruitment center in the university's main building.
