Focus published this story in the AM today.
Last week, there was an obituary for a Moscow city administration guy (actual chief of some department).
Alexey Martynov (28 years old) had died.
So, some bits and pieces came out about Alexey. Back on the 23rd of September....he was a reservist who'd been activated for the Putin 'war'.
A few days after that, he was uniformed-up and sent to the Ukraine. He died on the 10th of October (figure two weeks of duty before he was killed).
Once the obituary came out.....various guys who were in the age group affected by the present call, or possibly for the future call....packed up and left. I'm talking about city employees.....the IT folks, the city water department, sanitation, plans, etc.
These weren't the people who were called the duty, but if there were future 'calls' or a secondary phase.....they weren't going to sit around and wait.
What this generally means? Well....numbers aren't discussed, but I would assume in the first wave of the obituary period....there's probably a couple hundred guys from Moscow who left, and by November....you might be talking about several thousand. These aren't grocery-clerk folks.....they are a key component of city operations. Without them....the city doesn't effectively function.
How long before the mayor or city council get worried? I would imagine each morning now, they do a head-count, and try to assure folks that things are 'safe' for the time being. Skeptical nature? I'd say that people are looking at reality and just trying to figure the vast landscape.
A halt to all obituary notices? Yeah....you probably won't see a single name mentioned unless it's women, or old guys.
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