Drafted? Not me!!

[Utah Bob #35998]

From Business Insider. 
 

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Pranksters called the son of a senior Kremlin official and told him that he was being enlisted in the army and must fight in Ukraine, and he responded by trying to get out of being drafted.

The hosts of the Russian YouTube channel Popular Politics called the 32-year-old son of Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.

The pranksters, who pretended to be recruitment officers, told the 32-year-old Nikolay Peskov that he has been drafted into the army and needed to attend a medical examination the following day.

"Obviously not!" the younger Peskov told the pranksters, according to a video shared by independent Russian news website The Insider. "You must understand it is not right for me to be there. I have to resolve this on a different level."

 

 

[Rip Snorter]

Dual track.  Sound familiar?

[Subdeacon Joe]

I wonder what their maximum age to be drafted is.  Might could be he falls outside that age bracket.  Although if he is in the Reserve he might be subject to recall. 

[Sedalia Dave]

2 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

I wonder what their maximum age to be drafted is.  Might could be he falls outside that age bracket.  Although if he is in the Reserve he might be subject to recall. 

 

His exemption starts with 'Do you know who my father is... "

 

And ends with 'Hold one minute, Vladimir wants to have a word."

[Utah Bob #35998]

2 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

I wonder what their maximum age to be drafted is.  Might could be he falls outside that age bracket.  Although if he is in the Reserve he might be subject to recall. 

He’s not going to get called up. No matter what.

[Utah Bob #35998]

https://nypost.com/2022/09/22/peskov-pranked-son-of-kremlin-flack-tries-to-dodge-army/

[Trailrider #896]

Or he buys a quick plane ticket to Latvia! 

[Utah Bob #35998]

15 minutes ago, Trailrider #896 said:

Or he buys a quick plane ticket to Latvia! 

As long as his daddy stays on Vlad’s good side he’s fine.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

10 hours ago, Trailrider #896 said:

Or he buys a quick plane ticket to Latvia! 

Don’t think those routes are flying. A train ticket, maybe.

[Ozark Huckleberry]

16 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

I wonder what their maximum age to be drafted is.  Might could be he falls outside that age bracket.  Although if he is in the Reserve he might be subject to recall. 

Putin recently signed a law — depending on the reporting, the upper age limit is now 65, or ‘of normal working age’, that is, no limit specified. 

[Ozark Huckleberry]

10 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said:

As long as his daddy stays on Vlad’s good side he’s fine.

As long as his daddy stays on Vlad’s good side he’s fine alive. 

[Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme]

3 minutes ago, Ozark Huckleberry said:

Putin recently signed a law — depending on the reporting, the upper age limit is now 65, or ‘of normal working age’, that is, no limit specified. 

The way this thing is going for Russia right now, they'll take any warm body.....blind, crippled or crazy.

 WAIT, that last one would put Vlad on the front lines.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

I know a guy, Yuri, a veteran, under 65, a few health problems, heart, overweight, etc. if he gets called up, Putin is desperate.

[Mister Badly]

I'm sure they will be dedicated and fearless fighters leading the charge. Away from the Ukrainians. They are in for a world of hurt.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Much of the training cadre have already shown themselves to have been expendable.  Need to teach more teachers before teaching crutes.

[Rip Snorter]

Historically, the Russians haven't cared about training, troops, or much about losses.  Doesn't look like that has changed.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

1 hour ago, Rip Snorter said:

Historically, the Russians haven't cared about training, troops, or much about losses.  Doesn't look like that has changed.

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