Russia Changes Army Draft Age

• 21.07.2023, 11:20

The details of the latest amendments to the bill have become known.

The Defense Committee of the State Duma of Russia approved amendments to the draft law on raising the draft age before the second reading. Now it assumes that in the Russian Federation people aged 18 to 30 will be called up for military service.

“The main amendment is that the upper limit is 30 years old, and it was decided to leave the lower limit at 18 years old, because a lot of guys want to go and serve exactly at 18 years old. They are now given such an opportunity,” TASS quotes committee chairman Andrei Kartopolov.

Previously, along with the increase in the draft age to 30 years, it was supposed to raise its lower limit, that is, to call up at the age of 21 to 30 years. Now they refused to change the lower bound. At the same time, it was emphasized that the increase in the draft age will not affect the autumn draft in the Russian Federation.

The draft law on raising the draft age appeared in the Russian Federation after the start of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.