The feminist group in Russia helping men dodge conscription

When Moscow announced its military mobilization drive on September 21, Liliya Vezhevatova almost stopped sleeping. She was asked by several friends and acquaintances to help men to leave Russia. Vezhevatova herself lives in the Armenian capital Yerevan and is a coordinator of the “Feminist Anti-war Resistance” group or FAS.

Russian President Vladimir Putin recently said that more than 222,000 people had already been called up as part of the “partial mobilization,” as it is officially…