Russia’s Defense Ministry rejects proposal to limit mobilized soldiers’ service period to one year

Russia’s Defense Ministry said that mobilized soldiers will only finish their military service when Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree that “partial mobilization” has been completed, according to a response to a request from Boris Vishnevsky, a deputy in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly.

Vishnevsky suggested limiting mobilized soldiers’ military service to one year. He added that he had received a collective appeal from the wives of mobilized men from Russia’s Northwestern Federal District in October, who asked to amend the legislation and limit the period of service to one year.

The deputy addressed Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, requesting him to support the proposal, noting that those called up for mobilization are currently “serving virtually indefinitely.”