On September 24, the Russian State Duma passed a bill in its first reading that provides for conscription for military service throughout the year — from January 1 to December 31.
Points of attention
- Russia has introduced year-round conscription into the army, allowing for continuous military recruitment throughout the year.
- Conscripts in Russia may receive summonses at any time for medical examinations, psychological screenings, and draft board meetings.
- The purpose of year-round conscription is to alleviate the workload on military enlistment offices and improve the efficiency of the recruitment process.
Russia to introduce year-round military conscription
It is reported that the document allows Russian military enlistment offices to conduct medical examinations, psychological selection, and draft board meetings year-round.
At the same time, conscripts will be sent to military units twice a year — from April 1 to July 15 and from October 1 to December 31.
The bill also stipulates that summonses can be sent at any time during the year. If a conscript does not receive a summons, he is required to report to the military registration and enlistment office on his own to verify his data within two weeks of the start of the next dispatch period.
It is noted that the author of the initiative, the chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, Andriy Kartapolov, stated that the innovation should "unload the military enlistment offices," which currently "work three months a year in a scalded cat mode."
In 2023, the State Duma of the Russian Federation raised the draft age for men to 30 years, banned people with a summons from traveling abroad, and increased the fine for failing to appear at the military registration and enlistment office 10 times.
