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Russia Tightens Border Controls on Conscripted Men With Expanded FSB Powers – Reports
RUSSIA, JUL 22 – The proposed law aims to ease strain on draft offices by allowing continuous conscription procedures while limiting troop dispatches to two fixed periods, amid heavy battlefield losses.
- On July 22, the Russian State Duma proposed legislation to overhaul military conscription by allowing year-round draft processes starting in 2026.
- This development comes in the wake of earlier waves of draft avoidance that followed Russia’s initiation of a limited military call-up in the fall of 2022, during which officials intensified efforts to gather data and enforce conscription rules.
- The proposal authorizes continuous medical examinations and psychological screenings throughout the year while keeping conscript dispatches during two fixed periods.
- Andrey Kartapolov, head of the Defense Committee, said draft offices will “work more calmly year-round” and cited the bill’s goal to ease workload distribution.
- If adopted, the law would heighten control over conscription, including barring summoned men from leaving Russia and increasing penalties for evasion, amid heavy battlefield losses.
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Russia Tightens Border Controls on Conscripted Men With Expanded FSB Powers – Reports
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The head of the defence committee, Andrei Kartapolov, and his deputy, Andrei Krasov, introduced a bill to the State, presupposing...
The head of the Defence Committee of the State Duma, Andrei Kartapolov, and his deputy, Andrei Krasov, have submitted to Parliament a bill that proposes to recruit citizens for military service throughout the calendar year, from 1 January to 31 December, on the basis of a decree by the President of the Russian Federation.
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