Raising the age of conscription of citizens from 18 to 21 can only be implemented with changes to be made in the legislation. it could be next year. This was announced by the Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, Andrey Kartapolov, on Thursday, December 22.
“In any case, this can only happen with the laws, it is necessary to make changes in the legislation, we are ready for this job.
We are waiting for an official proposal from the Ministry of National Defense on this matter. As for timing, I think everything can be implemented well over the next year.” TASS.
He added that the Duma Defense Committee “unconditionally supports the proposal of the Russian Ministry of Defense to increase the military age.”
The day before, at the last board of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, made an offer. gradually increase The age for conscription of citizens was increased from 18 to 21, and the age limit to 30.
He also advocated increasing the strength of the RF Armed Forces to 1.5 million military personnel and the creation of two new military districts – Moscow and Leningrad, as well as several additional divisions.
Shoigu added that this opportunity should be given to those who want to sign a contract voluntarily from the first day of their enlistment.
On the other hand, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced preliminary results of the private army Operations in Ukraine.
In particular, the Russian leader called for an experiment NWO The basis for improving combat training required the military to listen to civilian initiatives and take into account “even emotional criticism.” Putin also compared the fighters in the special operations zone with the soldiers of the civil war.
We add that about half of Russians believe that the army should be formed both under contract and conscription. At the same time, the proportion of those who support the full transition to the contract system has increased.
This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted at the end of November. Therefore, 49% of respondents believe that “every real man should serve in the military.” However, in the last three years, support for this view has declined by 11 percent. – Social services rating from 60%.
How has the military age changed?
A full-fledged regular army under Tsar Peter I arose in the Russian state on the basis of a call for conscription, which included peasants, petty bourgeois and other taxable classes.
He was drafted into the army in 1766-1831 at the age of 17-35, in 1831-1855 – 20-25, in 1855 – 20-30.
In 1874, Emperor II. Alexander abolished conscription and introduced a personal service to all classes. In 1888, during the reign of Emperor Alexander III, the age for conscription was raised to 21.
After the end of the Civil War, the Soviet government reinstated conscription – the system remained the same as in Tsarist Russia, but the age for conscription was reduced to 20 years. In 1925 the age limit was reverted to 21, and in 1936 it was reduced to 19.
On October 12, 1967, the USSR “Universal Military Duty” law was passed, which fixed the age for conscription at 18 and regulated that conscription could be carried out until the age of 27. Similar terms are preserved in the legislation of the Russian Federation, including the current Federal Law of March 28, 1998.