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[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Conscription is mandatory and punishment is prison sentence of up to 10 years.

[–] faintedheart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Good lord. It would be fun to live in Russia. /s

[–] MustrumR@kbin.social -3 points 2 years ago

And US for profit shithole prison camps are 5 star hotels compared to Russian ones. Let's just say that a good proportion of Russian prisoners have HIV. At the same time they don't ask nicely when they forcefully pass it around.