MOSCOW: A senior Russian lawmaker on Monday (Mar 13) introduced a bill to push back the age of conscription to compulsory military service to 21 to 30 years from the current 18 to 27 years. The bill was introduced by Andrei Kartapolov, a former general who chairs the State Duma's defence committee and repr
MOSCOW: A senior Russian lawmaker on Monday introduced a bill to push back the age of conscription to compulsory military service to 21 to 30 years from the current 18 to 27 years.
Because there are two transition years - 2024 and 2025 - when the conscription age will span 10 or 11 years instead of the usual nine, the bill would for a time increase the number of men subject to a year's compulsory service. The minister, Sergei Shoigu, plans to increase the total number of serving combat personnel - professional contract soldiers and conscripts - to 1.5 million from 1.15 million.
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