Contract service recruitment point amid mass travel bans on Russian conscripts

Russian army recruitment stand at a metro station: recruiters in olive vests behind a desk reading 'Our profession is to defend the Motherland' amid reports of conscripts barred from leaving the country

A mobile Russian army recruitment stand operates on a metro platform, featuring a 'Contract Service' sign and a poster of a soldier. Two recruiters in olive vests bearing the 'Army of Russia' logo hand out leaflets to passers-by. The scene illustrates the intensified conscription drive against the backdrop of reports that draft-age men are being denied exit from the country.

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