KEY POINTS
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree setting out the routine spring conscription campaign, calling up 150,000 citizens for statutory military service, a document posted on the Kremlin’s website showed on Sunday.
- All men in Russia are required to do a year-long military service, or equivalent training during higher education, from the age of 18.
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In July Russia’s lower house of parliament voted to raise the maximum age at which men can be conscripted to 30 from 27. The new legislation came into effect on Jan. 1, 2024.
Compulsory military service has long been a sensitive issue in Russia, where many men go to great lengths to avoid being handed conscription papers during the twice-yearly call-up periods.
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Who wants a death sentence before turning 30?
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Even before the war people didn’t want to serve. Their military isn’t professional
Sounds like the scuttlebutt about a 100k strong offensive wasn’t a joke.
This is the annual conscription call up. Pretty routine.
Interesting that they have not mobilised additional men.
I have read that with almost full employment and a sluggish economy (outside the military industrial sector), taking more men out of the private sector is a real problem for the Russian government.
After seeing enough drone videos, there is no way in hell. You’re dead either way. You should either try to run or go out fighting your real enemy.
mehr Schweine zum schlachten.
Nazi Germany did this during WW2. Russia is a fascist dictatorship.
