Putin signs annual decree on conscription of reserve citizens for military training

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech on April 27, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech on April 27, in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Contributor/Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Wednesday permitting the conscription for military training of citizens in the reserve, according to a document published on the government’s website.

"I order to call up in 2023 Russian citizens who are in the reserve to undergo military training in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation, state security agencies and the Federal Security Service,” the decree said.

Military training of Russian citizens in the reserve is an annual event.

The Russian military reserve consists of a special combat army reserve, which may number as many as two million, and a larger group of eligible reservists, estimated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as almost 25 million people.

Some background: Russia’s move to send hundreds of thousands to fight on the battlefields of Ukraine has generated dissent and protest and prompted many Russians – young men in particular – to flee the country. In April, Putin signed a law that made the country’s conscription program more efficient, more modern – and harder to evade.

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