After President Vladimir Putin called for a partial mobilization of 300,000 to strengthen the country’s war against Ukraine, the top searches on Google by Russians were “how to break your arm at home” and “how to leave Russia”. .
According to DSNews, Google searches for “how to break an arm at home” have skyrocketed across Russia, prompting speculation that some Russians may take extreme measures to avoid fighting in Ukraine.
The increase in polls comes after Putin announced yesterday that he will call in Russian reservists. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said 300,000 men with “previous military experience” would be called in after Putin’s speech.
Starting at 5 am Moscow time, Google Trends began recording the peak of searches, including the rise in how to break your arm at home.
Earlier, when the president started talking at around 2:00 am local time, Google search engine trends among Russian users were only about ways to leave Russia and postpone the military.
Putin speech
In his speech, Putin said that a partial mobilization would be “fully appropriate to the threats we face, namely to protect our homeland, its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to ensure the safety of our people and the peoples in the liberated areas.”
He warned NATO countries that Russia has “various means of destruction” with a possible allusion to nuclear weapons, the US newspaper Newsweek reported.
Putin added that Russia “will use all the means at our disposal to protect Russia and our people if the territorial integrity of our country is threatened.”
On Tuesday, officials in four regions of Ukraine partially controlled by Russia said they would hold a referendum on official membership of the Russian Federation.
Voting will begin on Friday in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, despite Western powers denying its legitimacy, Newsweek reported.
source: Noticias
