Russian Draft Dodging Goes Digital: Fear of Direct Ticket to Bakhmut

The Russian parliament has passed a bill that will allow authorities to call up men with a simple click, creating a digital conscription notice system that could bar men from leaving the country and make dodging the draft nearly impossible. The legislation has stirred new fears as Moscow's offensive in Ukraine stretches into a second year. The Kremlin insists there is nothing unusual about the proposed changes and claims that the authorities are simply digitalising an archaic enlistment system. However, many Russians who do not want to fight in Ukraine are afraid.