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Everyone is talking about it, but Moscow insists it will not happen: Russian propagandists deny that mobilisation is being planned.
It is almost inevitable, both a Russian and a German analyst said.
Let us postpone it until after the elections: Russian outlet Viorstka has compiled a list of everything Russian authorities and citizens fear in autumn 2026 alongside mobilisation.
Will mobilisation solve Putin’s problems? Probably not, a historian said, warning of the lost advantage of the world’s largest country.
