Contract-service recruitment point at a train station: part of the unofficial pressure on men of conscription age

A Russian Army 'Contract Service' recruitment booth at a railway station where women in camouflage hand out leaflets while a man with a suitcase walks past — a visual element of the unofficial border filter

A mobile 'Contract Service' recruitment booth bearing the Russian Army logo and the slogan 'Our profession is to defend the Motherland' stands on a railway platform. Two women in camouflage vests distribute leaflets while a man carrying a suitcase, presumably off a train, walks by. The scene illustrates the practice of pushing military service and the unofficial monitoring of men of conscription age at transport hubs and the border.

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