Journalists call Russian officials children and offer them to go to war

Russian investigative journalists have decided to form "a golden company of soldiers" consisting of children of officials and propose they go off to war.

Source: Vazhnye Istorii (Important Stories) media outlet

Details: Journalists have started calling and texting the relatives of Russian officials. None have volunteered to go to war; some of them said that they would allegedly go to Ukraine if they were called up.

For example, the son-in-law of the Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu was flying to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, the day when Vazhnye Istorii tried to reach him. He read the message regarding the conscription; however, he did not reply.

The son of Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, only said that he did not receive any conscription notices.

The son-in-law of Sergey Kirienko, First Deputy Head of the President’s Administration, hung up the phone when he heard the question asking his opinion on the conscription.

Sons of Alexey Gromov, First Deputy Head of the President’s Administration, also hung up after hearing about conscription.

The son of Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of Internal Affairs, stated that he would be ready to go to war in Ukraine if he received a conscription notice: "As a patriot and a citizen of my country, I will always defend it. If I am called up and conscripted, I will take responsibility and go to the front. I am not ruling out that this will happen, because my family has the right attitude."

The son-in-law of Andrey Vorobyev, Governor of Moscow Oblast, did not respond to their phone call; however, he deleted the chat after a question regarding conscription.

The son of Ruslan Tsalikov, Deputy Minister of Defence, claimed that he would go to war if he was called up: "There is conscription, there are duties, they have to be performed. Why haven’t I gone as a volunteer soldier? And what do I have to do with the military? There are conscripts, people with military professions. I do not have a military profession."

The son of Irek Boguslavsky, Member of the State Duma [Russian parliament - ed.], promised to go to war if he received a conscription notice: "And what do I have to do? Sit in a basement? Until they find me and open a criminal case against me? If there is a total conscription in the country and martial law - this will be the last straw. I think everyone will do [something] in order to defend their land, their territories."

The son of Sergey Chemezov, Head of Rostekh State Corporation, refused to reply to the question, saying that he was currently spending time with his family.

The son of Viacheslav Nikonov, Member of the State Duma, stated that he was uncomfortable with replying to the question, and he was glad that conscription had ended: "Happy that it [conscription] has ended because I came under its mandate. If there is a total mobilisation, I will go to war. For my country. I understand with whom [Russia is fighting]. And what is this question for? I am uncomfortable with replying to it…"

The son of Andrey Belousov, First Vice Prime Minister of Russia, is also allegedly ready to fight: "There is legislation, it needs to be abided by. That’s it. Why does it matter what to fight for? What does this have to do with an idea? If the state thinks we need to, then, we need to. I am a regular  citizen of the Russian Federation liable for military service; I have not received a command to think about it. Why do I need to think about this? All conscious people understand what is going on. Read the state media and communications from state leadership."

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