March 12, 2008 By James Kimer

The Conscripted Dissident Turns in Discharge Documents

Here is an exclusive translation from Novaya Gazeta about the youth activist Oleg Kozlovsky. Below the article is a translation of a letter from Russia’s Ministry of Defense to Kozlovsky’s mother. kozlovletter.jpgOleg Kozlovsky turns in documents on his discharge into the reserves to Izmailovsky military commissariat Moscow – Activist of the youth movement «Oborona» Oleg Kozlovsky, demobilized yesterday from the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, today turned in documents on his discharge into the reserves to the Izmailovsky military commissariat. We will note that the coordinator of «Oborona» was demobilized practically right after the elections and the dispersal of the «Dissenters’ March» in Moscow. The decision on his mustering out was issued already on 29 January, but they reported to Kozlovsky about this only after the elections.