signpost[asciilifeform]: gregorynyssa: "nine-dimensional chess" doesn't leave any room for "putin is running out of dregs of his country to flush, might start having to use real soldiers" or "xi's headed towards demographic collapse" etc
signpost[asciilifeform]: re: putin he might rightly not want a radioactive failed state on his border, doing his best to avoid it.
signpost[asciilifeform]: lol!
signpost[asciilifeform]: to steal from carlin, "it's a based club and you ain't in it"
signpost[asciilifeform]: "welcome trad-bros. your first act of trad-manliness shall be at the front lines in Kursk!"
discord_bridge[asciilifeform]: (awtho) Yeah draft potential was one of my first thoughts as well
asciilifeform: signpost: it aint as if ru were a nightmare-mode passport to get previously. simply, not many takers (there aint any handouts)
asciilifeform: afaik they haven't a draft for the equiv. of 'green card' people, tho. (but they can enlist as contractors)
asciilifeform: if yer of draft age after (iirc) 5y -- can be drafted