Members of the Military Medical Examination Commission can no longer use their own discretion when determining a person's eligibility for the military, the Defense Ministry said on May 4. President ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree ordering the conscription of 135,000 men for military service, the ...

The system was initially intended to be rolled out only in Moscow, the Mari El Republic, and the Ryazan and Sakhalin regions ...

On July 22, 2025, Russian lawmakers introduced a bill to the Russian State Duma that would significantly alter the regular procedure for military conscription. Previously, conscription was held in two ...

What You Need to Know: As Russian casualties in Ukraine surpass 650,000, President Vladimir Putin faces growing pressure to deploy conscripts. Despite these losses, Putin is resisting calls to send ...

(CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin made a big promise when he launched his war on Ukraine: conscripts would not be involved in combat. But as Moscow struggles to contain Ukrainian advances ...

In December 2023, along with tens of thousands of other 18-year-old men, Aleksandr, from the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, was called up for mandatory military service in the Russian armed forces. Four ...

In March 2022, weeks after ordering a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to "mothers, wives, sisters, and fiancees" that he would deploy only "professional ...

A new military and disaster medical center opened at the Raadi military base in Tartu on Friday, where Estonian Defense ...

Background Obesity is a known risk factor for hypertension, but the extent to which physical activity mediates this ...