18 November 2014, 15:21
MC of Chechnya refutes information about sending conscripts to Far East
The information about sending 100 recruits from Chechnya for taking service in the Pacific Fleet is untrue, the Military Commissariat (MC) told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
On November 17, the RIA "Novosti" reported, with reference to Roman Martov, the head of the department of information support of the press service of the Eastern Military District, that 100 conscripts from Chechnya had arrived in Vladivostok for taking their army service in the Pacific Fleet.
A source of the Chechnya's MC has suggested that the information could be about recruits from other regions of Northern Caucasus.
He added that this year recruits from Chechnya will be sent only to the military units of the Southern Military District, in particular, to Sevastopol and Volgograd.
The message that Chechen conscripts were sent to the Far East has raised concerns among some recruits' parents: they were not ready to perceive the fact that their sons would serve several thousand kilometres away from home.
Let us remind you that this year a large-scale recruitment campaign was held in Chechnya for the first time in the last 22 years.
Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.
Author: Muslim Ibragimov Source: CK correspondent
