In Russia want to introduce a year -round call to the army

Mobilization in Russia, illustrative photo of RIA Novosti

The State Duma of the Russian Federation in the first reading adopted a bill, which provides for a conscription for military service throughout the year – from January 1 to December 31.

Source: “RIA Novosti”, “Interfax”

Details: It is reported that the document allows the military enlistment offices of the Russian Federation to carry out medical examinations, psychological selection and meetings of conscription commissions. At the same time, sending conscripts to military units will remain twice a year – from April 1 to July 15 and from October 1 to December 31.

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The bill also stipulates that summons can be sent any time during the year. If the conscript does not receive the call, he is obliged to appear on his own to the military enlistment office for reconciliation of the data within two weeks from the beginning of the next delivery period.

It is noted that the author of the initiative, the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andriy Kartpolov stated that the innovation should “unload military enlistment offices”, which now “work for three months a year in a scalded cat mode”.

That preceded:

In 2023, the State Duma of the Russian Federation increased the conscription age of men to 30 years, forbade people with a summons to travel abroad and raised a fine for failure to appear to the military enlistment office 10 times.