Putin does not think about stopping the war and raises the conscription age for military service to 30 years

The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has signed this Friday a bill that raises the maximum recruitment age for military service from 27 to 30 years, a measure that will come into force on January 1, 2024.

The first draft law submitted to the Duma in June also increased the lower limit for conscription from the current 18 years to 21, although the text was amended and voted on again in the Russian Lower House.

“Many guys want to go and serve at the age of 18. Now we will give them that opportunity,” argued the head of the Duma Defense Committee, Andrei Kartapolov, about the changes to the bill, which finally leaves the range between 18 and 30.

However, there are exceptions: those who turn 27 before the end of 2023 will not be subject to the new legislation. “These citizens will become conscripts and will not be subject to conscription in 2024,” Kartapolov explained in June when presenting the measure.

The law on the increase in the maximum recruitment age also authorizes senior military officers during martial law and the mobilization process to create specialized companies to help Russian security agencies maintain order, according to the news agency. TASS news.

Putin has also signed a bill this Friday to prohibit those citizens subject to military registration and enlistment from leaving the country from the day their summons is sent.. Said prohibition was in force before the moment in which the summons was fulfilled.