INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Scores of Russian officials have signed up to fight in the Ukraine war since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion nearly 19 months
While some believe donning army fatigues may help advance their career in an increasingly militarized political landscape, others hope it
United Russia party have served in the ranks of the Kaskad battalion, alongside professional soldiers and volunteers, since its
said Mikhail Komin, an expert on Russian elites and a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations
This, however, does not mean they are any less likely than their higher-ranking colleagues to use military service as a publicity stunt,
happens that in my worker-peasant family, both my brother and I went [to the war] as volunteers without consulting each other in advance
was promoting several participants of the special military operation [for government positions]
While the politician-turned-soldier cited health issues for his decision to drop out of the race, a number of experts believe Sokol's
unpopularity was the more likely cause.Dmitry Filippov, a local official from St
Petersburg From the personal archive of Dmitry FilippovHowever, for officials seeking to break into the Kremlin-backed administrations of
Kommersant reported last week that former Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin could make a political comeback by representing the occupied
the Russian space agency last summer and has since been serving as a military advisor in the occupied Donetsk region
His military service was one way he might avoid legal troubles.Similarly, for a handful of prosecuted or already convicted officials,
in the Sverdlovsk region, was shipped off to the frontline last year amid the Kremlin's "partial" mobilization despite being under criminal
identified by The Moscow Times, only two confirmed the deaths of Russian officials fighting in Ukraine.In March, for example, officials in
St.Petersburg announced the passing of Grigoriy Chubko, the former chairman of a local branch of the electoral commission who volunteered to
