Partial mobilisation: to fight or to flee?

08-10-2022

Eastern Europe

William Immink. CNE.news

Partial mobilisation: to fight or to flee?

President Putin’s call to a partial mobilisation of the Russian reservists last month, also affects young Russian Christian men. They have to choose: do I fight, or do I flee?

Patriarch Kirill (2nd l.) of Moscow and All Russia addresses Russian servicemen. Photo EPA, Alexei Nikolsky

Dying for your country brings you to heaven, says Russian Patriarch

Russian soldiers who die in the fight for their country will go to heaven, says Patriarch Kirill. He did so after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilisation in the war against Ukraine.

Many Protestants in Russia are pacifists. The army mobilisation can make life difficult for them. Photo Jaco Klamer

What will I say to my pacifist brother in the Russian prison?

As a Dutch Calvinist, I am entirely used to the idea of a just war. The best books I read as a young boy were written by Piet Prins and were about defending the Dutch nation.

Russian President, Vladimir Putin. Photo AFP, Kremlin.ru

Pacifist Christians might be unable to evade Putin's mobilisation

On Wednesday, the Russian President announced a partial mobilisation. The call to arms is unrelenting. Conscientious objection is no reason for being relieved from duty. Russian Evangelicals, who are often pacifists, fear persecution.

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