The soldier himself began to claim that the video with him was filmed two years ago.

Mykhailo Fotin, the military commissar of the Dmitriev district of Moscow, unexpectedly announced the extension of the term of service of those mobilized to two years. Later, he began to make excuses, saying that the video was edited.

The day before, a video appeared on the official resources of the Military Commissariat in which Fotin said that starting in the spring of 2023 in Russia, the term of conscription will be increased to two years.

“There is official information from the military commissar of the Moscow region that there will be a transition period in the spring – citizens called up in the spring will serve for one and a half years, and those called up in the fall of 2023 will serve for two years. I consider the decision quite logical due to the fact that our northern neighbors are joining NATO,” he said.

Then the soldier began to make excuses in response to a request to comment on the information, saying that it was all a setup.

After that, the video and the news note about the extension of the term of service in Russia on the appeal were deleted in social networks.

And later Fotin, in a comment on Baza, began to claim that the video with him was filmed two years ago. And learned about him allegedly only today. At the same time, it is not entirely clear why Fotin spoke about the “suspension” of mobilization in the Russian Federation two years ago.

Mobilization in Russia

In October, Putin announced the end of the partial mobilization announced back in September in response to a series of military defeats at the front.

At the same time, analysts state that the Kremlin is conducting a covert mobilization, preparing “meat” for Putin to implement his maximalist goals in Ukraine.

At the same time, the recruitment of convicts to Prigozhin’s “Wagner” PMC continues.

According to official data, about 300,000 people have been mobilized since September. But, according to the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny, Moscow is preparing up to 200,000 reservists for a large-scale attack this winter.