The military age for military service in the Russian Armed Forces has been raised in line with the recommendations of the Ministry of Defense. This was stated by the press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov in an interview with the TV channel. RBC.
As an official representative of the Kremlin noted, the feasibility of the draft age scale is determined by experts, primarily from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
According to him, experts analyze the situation with demographics and the needs of “military construction” in the country, and then give their recommendations, which are already taken into account by legislators.
“In this case, it was recognized that they were justified, so the laws were adopted in their current form,” Peskov said.
On December 21, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, at an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry college, proposed gradually increasing the conscription age for Russians from 18 to 21 and increasing the limit to 30 years. In the second reading of the bill, articles regarding the transition period were removed. August 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Law on raising the draft age.
Putin before said About the future of the army in Russia.