In State Duma (lower house) tabled bill which foresees the raising the age limits of conscription from the age of 18-27 he was until today at the age of 21-30 years.

The bill was filed by Andrei Kartapolov, a former general who heads the State Duma’s Defense Committee and represents the ruling United Russia party, just a year after Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine began.

THE change of conscription age limits will be done gradually and a transition period lasting until 2026 is envisaged, Ria Novovsti reports.

Because there are those two transition years, 2024 and 2025, in which the conscription age will cover a period of 10 or 11 years instead of the usual nine, the bill for a period will increase the number of men who will be called to serve. compulsorily serve their term.

President Vladimir Putin backed his proposals to expand the military age limit in December.

THE Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu plans to increase the number of combat military personnelprofessional contract soldiers and draftees, to 1.5 million from 1.15 million today.

Raffles cannot be legally developed outside of Russia. Meanwhile in September Moscow unilaterally annexed four areas of Ukraine where fighting continues and are now considered Russian territory.

The surprise conscription of at least 300,000 men last fall for the war in Ukraine prompted a mass exodus of men of military age from Russia, but also public criticism of the chaotic way in which the conscription was carried out.

Although Russia’s campaign in Ukraine appears to have stalled, the Kremlin has repeatedly denied that it plans further mobilization.

Deferment from military service is granted for medical reasons, for university students and for those with large children.