“From April 1 to June 15, 2020, call up for military service citizens of Russia aged 18 to 27 years who are not in stock and subject to federal law ...“ On military duty and military service, ”an appeal for military service , in the amount of 135 thousand people, ”the decree says.
Earlier, the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, said that the spring draft campaign in Russia would not be postponed due to the situation with the coronavirus infection COVID-19.
It was also reported that the Russian Ministry of Defense conducted 3,756 tests for coronavirus infection in military personnel. No cases of COVID-19 infection were found in the military.
In October - December 2019, more than 130 thousand recruits were drafted into the Russian army.