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It's Come to This

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By News of the Weird

Published July 11, 2025

It's Come to This

Stanislav Netesov of Moscow, Russia, was attacked at a bus stop on his way home from work, Oddity Central reported.

The assailants took his phone and knocked out one of his teeth. The next day, Netesov went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to report the attack, but instead of taking his report, they accused him of a crime: dyeing his hair yellow and blue, the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

Doing so is a punishable offense against the Russian army.

Police took his fingerprints, handed him a summons to military enlistment and told him they'd force him to "kiss his native soil in the trenches." [Oddity Central, 5/2/2024]