President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed the decree on increasing the age limit for the postponement of compulsory military service for IT specialists to 30 years. The document was published on the official site web portal legal process.
The message is included in the “Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of March 2, 2022 No. 83” on measures to ensure the accelerated development of the information technology industry in the Russian Federation “.
In paragraph 2, the phrase “27 years” has been replaced with the phrase “30 years”.
Maksut Shadayev, former head of the Ministry of Digital Development declarationHe said that the ministry has prepared proposals for measures to support the informatics sector, where the age of delay in recruitment will be adjusted. He noted that in the decree of the President of the Russian Federation on the support of the IT industry, a separate paragraph is devoted to exemption from military service up to 27 years.
Prior to that, Putin had signed into law a law increasing the age for military service from 18 to 30. The law enters into force on 1 January 2024.
Before Putin said About the future of the army in Russia.