Twelve arson attacks or attempted arson attacks on military conscription centers were registered across Russia in the last 24 hours, media reports said on August 1. The majority of the alleged attackers were women. The attackers threw or attempted to throw Molotov cocktails at buildings housing military conscription centers in St. Peterburg, Kazan, Volsk, Omsk, Rossosha, Mozhaisk, Podolsk, Verkhneuralskoye, Kaluga, Kopeisk, and other cities. Some were elderly people who said they had followed instructions to attack military conscription centers as part of a special security operation by people who presented themselves as security officers on the phone. To read the original story by RFE/RL's North.Realities, click here.
