Rob Lee

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Rob Lee @RALee85

Conscripts from poorer regions will often only sign a contract to continue serving if they can return to their home regions (and not Moscow). Russia sent units from every part of Russia and the Moscow-based 1st Tank Army was immediately committed and suffered heavy losses. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 13, 2023

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Important to add some nuance. There are more military bases in these regions, and that is often because of strategic reasons (e.g. the Caucasus). A military salary isn't competitive in areas with a high cost of living, which is one reason Moscow-based units had serious shortages. — PolitiTweet.org

One of the ways Russia's war is eugenic — the vastly disproportionate death among its own minorities. https://t.co/XE9fmwPn3D

Posted March 13, 2023

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A more useful research question is whether men in poorer regions were disproportionately conscripted as part of mobilization. That will require a detailed look at the data though. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 13, 2023