My friend sent me photos of Tomsk, take a look.
It’s winter there.
And here I am sitting outside with my computer.
Well, the weather is definitely different.
The thermometer will rise to 32° on Saturday afternoon in Tomsk, light snow and gusty winds are also expected, according to the website of the regional hydrometeorological center.
Here we need some rain. Very rarely does it snow in November.
Here we are getting ready for the holidays.
Russians are doing so too. Some of them are getting ready for The Christmas fast*. This year will begin on November 28 and last until January 6.
Less religious people are getting ready for the New Year’s celebration. Well, maybe not right now. But with food prices rising, it may take longer to prepare a festive table.
Some few less fortunate people left the city.
In Tomsk 35 conscripts** were sent to the service on November 15th. The recruitment campaign will last until the end of the year. In the autumn of 2024, it is planned to recruit more than 950 people aged 18 to 30 years into the Russian army in the Tomsk region.
Military commissar Sergei Yeger said that conscripts will serve in almost all branches of the armed forces anywhere on Russian territory (from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok). He also said that military personnel serving on conscription will not be involved in performing the tasks of a special military operation, including on the territory of new regions.
Well, one can hope.
In the article Darya Berdnikova mentioned that from 2024, conscripted Russians can enter into annual contracts with the Ministry of Defense after a month of service.
And because of the new law (Presidential Decree No. 647) contracts concluded by military personnel are automatically extended until the end of the period of partial mobilization. In fact, all contracts for military service are now indefinite.
You would think why on earth would someone want to sign the contract? Honestly not many boys/men really want to go to war. But I hear all the time that young boys are forced to sign a document. I hear, but Russians (including my own sister) who watch only TV don’t hear that.
But to each his own.
Meanwhile, on November 12, ten servicemen voluntarily left a military unit in the village of Kochenevo in the Novosibirsk*** region. By November 13, four of them had already been detained. The rest should be detained in the near future - said rbc.ru.
Poor boys. I hope they won't be found.
In Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Far East region), a military court sentenced four military men for unauthorized abandonment of their duty station in the special operation zone in Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the court. They were sentenced from six to eight years in prison in a high-security colony.
One more today's news.
In Izhevsk****, on Sunday night, a drone attacked the “Kupol” defense plant. One person was injured, he was hospitalized in a moderate condition. The head of Udmurtia, Alexander Brechalov, said that there was no serious damage; just broken windows in the workshop building.
Izhevsk is located west of Moscow, about 2 hours away by plane. Another 2-3 hours, and we are in Tomsk. Izhevsk is very far from the front line, but nevertheless it was attacked.
As usual, links to all the articles will be down below. Of course, they are in Russian, but you can translate with Google or just look at the photos.
*The Christmas fast – one of the most important multi–day fasts in Orthodoxy. It is designed to prepare a person and purify his soul and body before the important date – Christmas.
**There is a law, when boys reach 18 years old have to go to the military for 1 year.
***If you remember, the distance between Tomsk and Novosibirsk on the highway is 259 km. It is about 3-4 hours.
****Izhevsk is the capital of the Udmurt Republic. The history of the city is directly connected with industrial production. It’s known for the Kalashnikov Museum and Exhibition Complex of Small Arms, which displays weapons and documents the Russian arms trade.
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