Gregory's Server19/ "They conducted it, and it turned out that I was miraculously cured. They do it like this: if your index finger moves, you can pull the trigger - you're fit! I myself witnessed how they declared a man with a half-torn-off foot to be fit. Because there were huge losses, there weren't enough people."
Alexander was determined not to go back to war and remained in prison. Instead, he and his fellow detainees were conscripted illegally to help build a holiday home for the regimental commander.
20/ He took the opportunity to escape. "I once overheard a major who was driving us to the construction site say: we'll do it anyway, so you'll go to war. I took this into account, because I was already mentally prepared to go to prison for a few years — but not to go to war, to kill people. Friends transferred money to me. I climbed over the fence — and went. Then I got on a plane and flew to St. Petersburg."