The internet exists and Russia has been doing this bait and switch wild shit for 2+ years now. Desperation sucks when you just want to feed your family, but there's no excuse to not assume this has a high likelihood of happening if you're a remotely military aged man going to Russia right now.
yeah you have to be spectacularly uninformed to fall for that shit now. if you did, do whatever it takes to surrender to Ukraine at the earliest possible opportunity.
Crimea is cut off, fuel lines extend all over Russia as Ukraine bombs depots, Moscow subject to drone attacks, civilians leave Crimea in mass exodus. Putin is in trouble