Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree calling for the routine conscription of 150,000 citizens for military service in the spring, according to a document posted on the Kremlin website on Sunday.
All men in Russia are required to complete one year of military service or equivalent training during higher education from the age of 18.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree calling for the routine conscription of 150,000 citizens into military service, according to a document posted on the Kremlin website on Sunday.
All men in Russia are required to complete one year of military service or equivalent training during higher education from the age of 18.
In July, Russia's lower house voted to raise the maximum conscription age for men from 27 to 30. The new legislation went into effect on January 1, 2024.
Recruitment has long been a sensitive issue in Russia, where many men go to great lengths to avoid being called up during the twice-yearly draft periods.
The conscripts cannot legally be used to fight outside Russia and were excluded from a limited mobilization in 2022 that saw at least 300,000 men with military training drafted to fight in Ukraine - although some conscripts were sent to the front by mistake.
In September, Putin signed an order to recruit 130,000 people for the fall campaign, and last spring Russia planned to recruit 147,000 people./CNBC/
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