Russian government officials are reportedly quitting in droves after a colleague who was conscripted as part of President Vladimir Putin‘s mobilization decree died in Ukraine.
Russian journalist Roman Super, citing Kremlin sources, said on his Telegram channel that Moscow government employees are handing in their notices following the killing of Aleksey Martynov, the head of a department within the Moscow city government.
Martynov, 28, was reportedly conscripted on September 23 as part of President Vladimir Putin‘s mobilization decree, despite having no combat experience. He was killed on October 10 while fighting in Ukraine.
“We have a mass exodus—employees leave, leaving notes in the nightstands. IT people, advertisers, marketers, PR people, and ordinary civil servants. A real mass exodus,” a government source told Super.
“Let me remind you that yesterday it became known about the death of a mobilized employee of the Moscow government Aleksey Martynov,” Super wrote.
Natalya Loseva, the deputy editorial director at RT, a Russian-state media broadcaster, said on her Telegram channel that Martynov was killed in Ukraine just days after joining Putin’s army.
“In his youth he served in the Semyonovsky Regiment,” she said. “He had no combat experience. He was sent to the front after basically a few days. He died heroically on October 10.”
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