Russian Ministry of Defence officially exempts rich people from draft. (Not a joke.)

[DetlefK]

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/9/23/2124834/-Putin-exempts-some-Russian-elite-from-his-new-draft-of-cannon-fodder-for-Ukraine

Today the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it would exempt Russian men from the draft, if the men are college-educated and hold white-collar jobs in banking, information technology, communications, or Russian state media.

Russian businesses were complaining that losing up to 50% to 80% of their employees could be bad for business, and said that losing even a few people could “seriously complicate or even paralyze” their work.

Although Russian airlines are particularly hard-hit by the draft, the Ministry of Defense did not exempt airline employees ...

In “Russia Announces Exemptions to Draft After Widespread Complaints”, the New York Times reported today that Russian businesses already had problems with IT specialists leaving the country after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine began in February.

Aaaaaand down goes the rest of the russian economy.

[SheltieLover]

1. Well, this will be a popular stance

[Shermann]

2. Russian state media employees are already in the War with Truth nt

[Backseat Driver]

3. I'd think the smart ones have already left n/t

[TheRealNorth]

4. Just like the good old Czarist days.

Except for the occasional noble they would give an officer's commission to (got to do something with the sons that are not going to inherit anything).

[BWdem4life]

5. Talk about saying the quiet part out loud. nt