Vladimir Putin has unleashed dangerous forces in Russia
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Russia's Military-Age Protests Against the War in Ukraine
The Russian parliament recently introduced a law that upped the minimum fighting age for Russians to 65 years old. There have been reports of unrest at military centers, people attempting to cross the border to leave the country. At Russia's borders, military-age men are fleeing fears of conscription. If this unrest reaches the power centres of St Petersburg and Moscow then potentially it is a challenge to Putin's rule.
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