“From 18 to 30 years old”: the age for conscription in Russia can be raised in the spring, – State Duma representative

The Chairman of the Defense Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Andrey Kartapolov said that the campaign to raise the military age in Russia will be launched in the spring of 2023. The Russian “Parliamentary newspaper” writes about it.

According to Kartapolov, the State Duma will change the legislation, and citizens under the age of 30 will be summoned to the military registration and enlistment offices. And the transition to a completely new system will take place in three years.

“Before the start of spring conscription, each military commissariat will have to calculate how many people are under the new requirements,” Kartapolov said. said.

According to him, half of the conscripts in the Russian Federation will be between the ages of 21-30, and the other half will be 18 years old.

It is reported that the first reports of raising the age for conscription in Russia began to appear as early as December 2022. In addition, the Russian Federation will increase the size of its army to 1.5 million people. All initiatives were supported by the Federation Council, the State Duma Defense Committee and the heads of the offensive countries, Vladimir Putin.

Previously Focus He wrote that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russia should increase the number of its armed forces to 1.5 million. According to him, there should be about 700,000 soldiers under the contract. The draft age should be increased from 18 to 21, and the limit – from 27 to 30.

We also remember that the Kremlin commented on the news about a new wave of mobilization in the Russian Federation. “This has already been said many times,” said Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, and called for “Telegram channels not to be given importance”. Meanwhile, the GUR says that a new wave of conscription to the front in the Russian Federation could begin on January 15th.

It was also reported that the propagandist Solovyov called for the conscripted soldiers to be sent to the front. Russian media noted that Solovyov had two sons of military age, but not one of them went to fight in Ukraine, but even served in the army.