@pollar.news: On Saturday evening, 7 November, Moscow police raided Gorka park in Kitai-Gorod, a hangout for the city's alternative teenagers. Witnesses say riot police closed the park and left one way out, towards more than ten police vans. Police gave no total. Russian Telegram channels published estimates from about 100 to 300. Police called it a preventive operation against offences such as public drinking. Their statement does not mention the army. One detainee says about 80 people were lined up at a police station, their passports taken, and everyone in his line handed a draft-office summons. Idite Lesom, a legal-aid group for men facing the draft, says two detainees asked it for help. By its account, both were told to report on Monday 9 November at 09:00. One summons, to clarify military registration documents, was handed over by police. The other went to a postgraduate student with a deferment. Russian law lists who may hand over a summons: the post, draft-office staff, or the military-records officer at a man's job or university. Police are not on that list. Who handed these over has not been established. The group says the postgraduate's summons is not in the online register, and its spokesman says the men do not have to go. A detainee also says everyone over 18 in his van was pressed to sign an army contract. Whether anyone signed is not known. As of 8 November, 17:25 CET. Written & produced by Jakub Dudek. Sources: Moscow police via TASS, Idite Lesom, Ostorozhno Novosti, SOTA, Baza, Mash, SHOT, Meduza, Novaya Gazeta Europe, Kommersant, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Federal Law 53-FZ. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Cover photo (2025, illustrative): a Moscow police bus by Retired electrician, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons). This film was made with the assistance of American and French artificial-intelligence systems; the voice is synthetic. Pollar P.S.A., seated in Kraków, Poland, is responsible for the information presented in this film. #Moscow #Russia #Conscription

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