Putin signs decree on a spring military conscription drive larger than last year’s

Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the spring conscription campaign for mandatory military service. The draft will run from April 1 to July 15. The authorities plan to call up 147 thousand people for service — 12.5 thousand more people than during the spring conscription drive in 2022.

The spring 2023 draft will call up men between the ages of 18 and 27.

The Russian authorities plan to raise the draft age in 2024. The State Duma is considering a bill that would raise the maximum age for draft eligibility to 30, and the minimum age to 21.