Several newspapers reported that the General Staff had completed work on amendments to the legislation that would make it possible to cancel 15 of the 25 currently existing deferments from conscription. The upcoming reduction in service life to one year put the military department in a difficult position. Having failed to partially transfer the army to contract, it is now scaring society by canceling deferments. In fact, after the tragedy at the Chelyabinsk Tank School, it will not be easy to push amendments even through the current Duma.