Deportation/Russian Draft Question

[Josh Wilson]

Draft age is currently 18-27. So, rather than jail him, they would most
certainly simply draft him if anything.

That said, he should find himself an immigration lawyer. His case is an
extraordinary one and he can argue that he fears for his life and health if
he returns to Russia and faces conscription. 

Unless he's actually broken laws to get deported, he likely has a decent
chance of getting leniency. 

Best, 



Josh Wilson
Assistant Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor in Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
SRAS.org 
jwilson at sras.org


-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Laura Kline
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 4:34 PM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: [SEELANGS] Deportation/Russian Draft Question

Dear SEELANGers,
One of my students is engaged to a Russian who was brought to the US by his
parents at age 11. His family lived here illegally for 10 years. Now he is
21, speaks only broken Russian, and is being deported to Russia. Does anyone
know what awaits him there in terms of the army? Would he be jailed for
evading the draft? 
Thank you in advance,
Laura Kline

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