According to witnesses, police divide those at the gym into citizens and non-citizens. Russians are taken to enlistment offices, where their military records are checked.

Non-citizens are accused of immigration violations and given a choice: deportation, or enlistment in the army, according to Current Time, an independent Russian news platform.

https://archive.ph/kA3WV

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    9 hours ago

    deportation sounds like the logical answer, but it’s probably preceded by getting tossed in jail and forgotten about.