Defence ministry proposes raising age limit of conscripts
Russia could raise the upper age limit for citizens to be conscripted into the armed forces as soon as this spring, a senior legislator has said, as part of Moscow’s plans to boost the number of Russian troops by 30%.
The chair of the Russian parliament’s defence committee, Andrei Kartapolov, said in an interview with the official parliamentary newspaper that Russia could raise the upper age limit for conscription to 30 for this year’s spring draft. But only after a one-to-three year “”transition period” would the lower limit be raised from 18 to 21 years, Kartapolov said.
Russia’s armed forces are a mix of contracted soldiers and conscripts. Shoigu has outlined plans to increase the total number of combat personnel to 1.5-million from 1.15-million.
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