Grigory Sverdlin

Year by year and month by month, it’s harder for the Russian army to find people,

• Grigory Sverdlin, director of a charity helping Russian troops desert called Get Lost, told the FT
  The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Aug 10, 16:06

Just as many people have to somehow be brought into service, and the fewer there are who are ready to sign a contract the more pressure they have to use,

• said Grigory Sverdlin, founder of Get Lost, an antiwar nongovernmental organization that helps Russians avoid service
  Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…Aug 3, 15:23

It's strange that people expected anything different,

• Sverdlin said
  Novaya Gazeta. Europenovayagazeta.eu/articles/2026…Apr 15, 11:33

An annual budget of 42 billion rubles (€472.8 million) is several times larger than that of any charitable foundation in Russia — including ones like the Vladimir Potanin Foundation (around 6 billion rubles, or €65.7 million, for 2025) or foundations set up by oil companies. Independent NGOs don't come anywhere close to that kind of money,

• Sverdlin noted
  Novaya Gazeta. Europenovayagazeta.eu/articles/2026…Apr 15, 11:33

As soon as the person signs the contracts, he is literally a slave of Ministry of Defense,

• said Grigory Sverdlin, who runs an anti-war charity called “Idite Lesom” (“Get Lost”), which helps Russians avoid the draft
  CNNcnn.com/2026/04…Apr 14, 04:01

It would be right to create a separate track for Russian deserters and conscientious objectors to obtain refugee status. These people risk being imprisoned in Russia, and if they’re found to have deserted their units they face up to 15 years behind bars,

• Sverdlin says
  Novaya Gazeta. Europenovayagazeta.eu/articles/2026…Mar 25, 13:56