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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Niko Vorobyov

In Russia’s far east, fear and defiance against military call-up

Police officers detain a man following calls to protest against partial mobilisation announced by Russian president in Moscow [File: Alexander Nemenov/AFP]

Hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the partial mobilisation on Wednesday in the wake of Moscow’s battlefield setbacks in Ukraine, Hoelun received a call from her mother to pack her things.

Hoelun is from Buryatia, a republic in Siberia in Russia’s far east.

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