Russia Issues Draft Notices to Migrants on Board an International Flight

An international flight with migrants on board was met by military enlistment officers and police at Chelyabinsk Airport, Russia. Draft notices were then issued to the people on board.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs for Russia’s Chelyabinsk region reported that migration officials checked nearly 250 individuals arriving on an international flight at Kurchatov Airport, Chelyabinsk, as well as those meeting them.

“Military commissariat representatives issued draft notices to individuals who have obtained Russian citizenship and are subject to military registration,” said the statement on the official channel of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Chelyabinsk Region

The Chelyabinsk police noted that in 2024, the number of criminal cases related to migration and court rulings for the deportation of foreigners has increased by one-third.

Previously, 7 conscript soldiers from military unit 31643 in Russia’s Kurgan region have been paid for signing contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense—contracts they claim they never signed, reported the Russian “Okno” project on October 23.