In Russia, at the beginning of 2026, there has been a sharp increase in the number of cases where "mobilization orders" are issued to citizens during visits to military enlistment offices. This was reported by The Moscow Times, according to UNN.
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According to the publication, Russians are increasingly being summoned to military enlistment offices ostensibly for "data clarification" or via electronic summonses, after which mobilization orders are pasted into their military IDs. Google Trends and Yandex Wordstat statistics show a sharp spike in search queries related to these documents. In April, the number of such queries in the RF reached about 40,000, compared to fewer than 10,000 in January.
Reservists are summoned most frequently
As noted by The Moscow Times, a mobilization order contains instructions for a citizen in the event of a mobilization announcement—where to arrive, when, and what to bring. The human rights project "Appeal to Conscience" reported that reservists are being summoned to military enlistment offices particularly actively. They are being offered the chance to join the reserve or sign a contract with the Russian army.
Human rights activists from the "Get Lost" (Idite Lesom) project previously reported cases of military IDs being confiscated from employees of large companies, followed by the issuance of summonses and "mobilization orders." In March, in the Altai Krai, the local administration even published lists of men who must appear to receive such documents.
Similar cases were also reported by residents of Novosibirsk and the Chelyabinsk region. One of the publication's interlocutors stated that military enlistment offices are "working on orders, checking everyone, and adding people to the group of those who 'could be useful to the army,' calling it preparation for general mobilization and candidate selection."
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