Russian airline and airport employees have started to receive conscription notices, according to the country’s Kommersant newspaper.
The news comes after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial military mobilisation of 300,000 army reservists last week.
Employees of at least five airlines, including Russian top carrier Aeroflot, and staff at more than 10 airports received notices within a day of Putin ordering the mobilisation, reports the paper.
How many airline staff could be conscripted in Russia?
According to sources in three companies, between 50-to-80 per cent of employees could potentially be called up. A source close to Aeroflot said that over half of the staff at three of the group’s airlines potentially could be
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