The backlash has spread to poorer areas with large ethnic-minority populations. They include Bashkortostan, in central Russia; Dagestan, a Muslim-majority republic in the south; and Sakha, a region in the far east
on the condition of anonymity, says he avoids the metro in St Petersburg—he heard men were being grabbed there at random. Others are taking to the streets to voice their opposition to Mr Putin’s mobilisation drive. A few recruitment centres have been set on fire .
But the backlash has also spread to poorer parts of the country with large ethnic-minority populations. They include Bashkortostan, in central Russia; Dagestan, a Muslim-majority republic in the south; and Sakha, a region in the far east.
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