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Edward Slavsquat – Substack Oct 8, 2022

Your humble correspondent has once again been exposed as a dangerous H-O-A-X-E-R! But this time by UK Column. Oh no not again.

Before we address these new damning and devastating accusations, let’s briefly review the history of compulsory vaccination in the Russian military.

June 18, 2021: Russia’s MOD adopts compulsory COVID vaccination decree

On June 16, Moscow introduced Russia’s first compulsory vaccination decree. The Defense Ministry followed suit two days later, making vaccination mandatory for employees and contractors.

In an order signed on June 18, 2021, Igor Azarov, Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Ministry of Defense, called for “mandatory preventative” COVID vaccination for Russia’s military. The decree applied to:

1.1. Servicemen of all categories, performing military service by conscription and contract. Citizens called up for military service (military training) who have not completed vaccination before being drafted.

1.2. Employees working in organizations, for individual entrepreneurs operating on the territory of facilities of the Russian Ministry of Defense (including all employees of contractors) in the field of:

  • military trade and catering;
  • communal and consumer services;
  • transport support;
  • courier-postal communication;
  • education, including in the field of implementation of additional educational programs;
  • military healthcare and sanatorium-resort provision;
  • exhibition, educational events (including employees of museums, exhibition halls, libraries, lecture halls), with the exception of official events organized by military authorities;
  • patriotic education of children;
  • sports and recreation complexes.

65% of all Defense Ministry employees needed to receive the first component of the vaccine by July 15, 2021, and the second component by August 15. The decree provided exemptions to those who could not be vaccinated due to medical reasons.

On the same day, Anna Popova, head of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor), described compulsory vaccination as a “new tool” that could be used to increase the country’s vaccination rate.

June 22, 2021: Conscripts will also be injected

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“Coverage” from UK Column

UK Column ran a segment on October 7 which portrayed compulsory vaccination in the Russian military as a “hoax.” [Starts at around 26:40].

Vanessa Beeley cites two experts that claim that everything that we just documented above is untrue and doesn’t exist:

  • Thomas Röper, who boldly claimed vaccination is entirely voluntary for all Russians (except doctors). He cites a one-sentence statement he allegedly got from his “direct line” at the Ministry of Defense—this unnamed MOD official purportedly told Röper vaccination is entirely voluntary. That’s huge news that directly contradicts everything that has happened inside Russia over the last two years. But that’s neither here nor there—where’s the official MOD statement about vaccination being totally voluntary? Can’t find it. Please send.
  • The second enlightening fact-check is from “Aussie Cossack”, who, uh….. we’ll make a transcript for you:

Aussie Cossack, in his own words, with comments from Edward in [brackets]:

Guys, share this video—very quick. Putin is not doing mandatory injections for his military.

[What? He … already did though? Are you denying the Russian MOD doesn’t have compulsory vaccination? — Edward]

That’s just a fake to try to convince the anti-vaxxers to go against Russia.

[Or maybe some of us just don’t like having Russians (including members of our extended family) subjected to coercive injections with an unproven genetic experiment? — Edward]

Beware of the mainstream media fake lefty woke bullshit tactics.

[Translation: “Beware the official statements from Russian government information sources” — Edward]

I’m in contact with troops, with soldiers, with military priests, with officers. There’s no mandatory vaccination when they’re in the army.

[“There’s no mandatory vaccination when they’re in the army” ………………………….. — Edward]

Do you think Russia really cares about mandatory vax at the moment? They’re doing work, they’re doing bizzo, you know? It’s kicked off over there.

So that’s just fake news bullshit, you know?

[Razor-sharp analysis, UK Column. Thank you for making the world a more informative place — Edward]

Questions for UK Column:

  1. Why was I not given the opportunity to defend my reporting on your program?
  2. When reporting on other stories, does UK Column accept one-line statements from unnamed sources (Röper’s “contact” at the MOD)—statements that directly contradict official government information—as newsworthy or authoritative?
  3. “There’s no mandatory vaccination when they’re in the army” — UK Column backs this claim? Yes or no?
  4. Has the Russian government stated that mobilized citizens fall under the MOD’s compulsory COVID vaccination decree? Yes or no?
  5. Is COVID vaccination voluntary in Russia (“excluding doctors”)? Yes or no?

I look forward to hearing from you, UK Column.

— Riley


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Have a relaxing Saturday, and stay away from the HOAXES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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