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Russia is a nation of laws. And it's not a strict dictatorship either. Putin needs to follow rules to stay in power. Part of the social deal is that the use of conscripts has limits. That's also one reason why Russia is importing North Koreans to fight in Kursk.
We saw the same kind of thing in WW2 Germany. One of the reasons why Germany lost was the German public was never willing to agree to the level of rationing that, eg, the British public was. Germany was fighting an offensive war by choice. Hitler couldn't stay in power without keeping the German population relatively comfortable.
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