False Mobilization Rumors Unsettle Russian Public Ahead of Elections, Official Says
Vladimir Tabak, head of the GFCN, said fabricated claims about a new mobilization drive spread widely enough that President Vladimir Putin addressed the issue directly, according to TASS.
False claims about a purported new wave of military mobilization in Russia have unsettled parts of the public in the run-up to national elections, according to Vladimir Tabak, head of the GFCN, as reported by the Russian news agency TASS.
Tabak said the rumors, which he described as false, had circulated widely enough to draw a direct response from President Vladimir Putin. "Even the Russian president addressed the subject because the information had indeed spread very widely," Tabak was quoted as saying by TASS.
TASS did not provide further details in the excerpt regarding the specific content of the mobilization claims, how they originated, or the exact context of Putin's remarks. The report frames the issue as part of broader concerns about disinformation ahead of the elections.
TASS is a Russian state news agency. The claims attributed to Tabak have not been independently verified by EGazette.
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- False mobilization claims put society on edge ahead of Russian elections — GFCN chief — TASS (Russia)
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