Russians fear a new wave of military draft after the election

People are leaving Russia and bracing for impact as rumors grow that Putin will start drafting more men to fight in Ukraine once the election is over.

There is a lot of fear in Russia right now. Many people believe that as soon as the current election ends, the government will start forcing more men into the army. This process is called mobilization, which is just a fancy way of saying the government orders regular people to stop their lives and go fight in a war. Because of these fears, many Russians are leaving the country now. They want to get out before the borders might be closed or before they are given a draft notice. We have also seen new data about what happened to the men drafted four years ago. It shows that many of them never…