Russia is poised to introduce electronic military draft papers for the first time in its history in an effort to make it harder for men to avoid being drafted as it seeks to perfect a system it has used to bolster its military forces in Ukraine. The State Duma, the lower house of parliament, is due to cons
Russia is poised to introduce electronic military draft papers for the first time in its history in an effort to make it harder for men to avoid being drafted as it seeks to perfect a system it has used to bolster its military forces in Ukraine.
"We need to perfect and modernise the military call-up system," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a regular news briefing on Tuesday, in which he also recalled"problems" experienced last year with the mobilisation campaign. Under the current system, men targeted by military recruiters are sent paper summons to their registered addresses.
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