"Want to serve from the age of 18": in the Russian Federation refused to raise the conscript age

At the end of 2022, the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergey Shoigu made a proposal to raise for three years, both the lower and the upper bar of the call - so they would call for conscript from 21 years to 30. In the Russian Federation, they decided not to increase the lower limit of conscription age - to call for a conscript service in the army. About it reports the edition of The Moscow Times.

It is known that earlier in the State Duma promised to call in the army from 21 to 30, given last year's initiative of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu, who offered to raise the lower and upper and top bar of conscription for three years. However, the deputies finalized the proposal of the Minister of Defense. The chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andriy Kartpolov informed that the lower limit of conscription age would remain unchanged.

"Because a lot of guys want to go to serve at the age of 18," Kartpolov said. It should be reminded that the chairman of the Russian Federation in March 2023 was reported by the chairman earlier, January 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the idea of ​​increasing the conscript age of the Russians up to 30 years. Putin's spokesman also stressed that the Russian Defense Ministry should "provide his argumentation" on this.