State Duma of Russia (lower house of parliament) approved on Tuesday in the third reading the law on increase the maximum age for military conscription from 27 to 30 as of January 2024, this is not retroactive.

So The Russian population between the ages of 18 and 30 can be called up for military service To Armed forces Russian, immersed since February 202 in “special military operation” in Ukraine.

Russian legislators are also planning raise the minimum age for employment from 18 to 21. From now on, citizens who have received a draft letter, forbidden to leave the countryaccording to the Russian agency interface.

Russian authorities have changed several recruitment rules in recent months, such as the ability to convicted criminals join their military ranks.

This week, Moscow approved a decree raising the maximum age limit for certain military formations to retire from reservists by five years, from 50 to 55. privates, nautical, sergeants, petty officers, ensigns And midshipmen now they can be fired from their jobs until the age of 55, and officersdepending on gradebetween 50 and 70 years old.