Unidentified individuals in civilian clothing on vehicles belonging…

Unidentified individuals in civilian clothing on vehicles belonging to local officials are conducting raids on men in the Penza region.

Consensus

In Penza Oblast, men of conscript age have been subjected to forced abductions.
The abductions were carried out by individuals in civilian clothing.
Two incidents were recorded in the village of Bashmakово.
The individuals involved used municipal vehicles registered to the district administration or the MKU 'Center for Support of Institutions of Bashmakovo District'.
The victims were intercepted during mandatory work or at their homes.
The victims were taken to Penza, not to the local administration as claimed.
A relative of one victim managed to intercept the vehicle and retrieve the man.
Both victims and their families filed police reports.
Residents of Bashmakovo formed a self-organized group to prevent such abductions.
Some members of the group were summoned to the police and threatened with being sent to war.
The head of the district administration, Tamara Pavlutkina, responded to inquiries with the word 'Fake'.

One of the victims claimed he was to be sent to war, and another was taken instead of being brought to the local administration. — tg_theinsider
The vehicles used in the abductions were registered to the district administration and the MKU 'Center for Support of Institutions'. — tg_doxajournal
The first major wave of abductions occurred in mid-June 2026, with men being detained on streets, in public transport, and during vehicle checks. — novaya_eu
The Penza military commissar called the videos of women rescuing their relatives 'staged', and the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs dismissed reports of abductions as false. — meduza
The self-organized group consists of 250 people, with some on duty on streets, some spreading information, and some providing financial support. — tg_govorit_nemoskva