Russia's first veteran mayor of the Northern Military District admitted that he used a ruse to be sent to the front.
The head of the Berezovsky District of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Ruslan Alexandrov, set out to fight in 2022, despite health restrictions.
"I did not serve in the army at all. I had category B; I was not taken with this category. The minimum required was category B. But I declared that I was fit for military service. Accordingly, I left with the guys. Then the first groups of recruits were seen by all of Khanty-Mansiysk," URA said. RU Alexandrov.
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