In this RIA Novosti article, we talk about how the spring draft will take place in 2025 and what changes may occur.
Dates and age of spring conscription 2025
The spring conscription is held from April 1 to July 15, residents of the Far North will be called up from May 1. Young people aged 18 to 30 will be called up to the army. From January 1, 2024, the conscription age in Russia has been raised Those who turned 27 before January 1, 2024 will not be subject to conscription.
Since January 21, IT specialists can apply for a deferment on the State Services portal
From April 1, medical commissions begin in military nepal mobile database commissariats, and conscripts begin to receive their first summonses at the beginning of March. According to the summonses, citizens receive directions to take tests for the military commissariat and a summons to the medical commission.
What could change in the conscription rules in 2025
On January 27, the Russian government supported a bill that provides for the possibility of additional conscription and reduces the number of officials responsible for conscription.
Thus, the approved bill provides for cases when a citizen was called up for military service, but was not sent to the troops immediately. In this case, he will be able to be called up for the next conscription campaigns during the year. That is, the fitness categories will be valid for a year, and not cancelled immediately after the conscription, as is the case now.
In addition, the draft law provides for the possibility of creating only one conscription commission in cities of federal significance and in two or more municipal districts, municipal and urban districts.
It is planned to reduce the number of officials responsible for conscription. In particular, this concerns doctors who are involved in medical examination of conscripts. This should reduce the requirements for equipment and improve the level of organization of conscription.
The initiative was prepared by the Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrei Kartapolov and proposes amendments to the law “On military duty and military service.”
While the bill has been supported by the government and comments have been made to it, the title of the bill does not correspond to its content in terms of regulating issues of organizing the conscription of citizens for military service.