"Spring ... conscription of citizens for military service is completed," - RIA Novosti reports a message from the department.

It is noted that over 134 thousand people were called up and sent to the Russian Armed Forces, military formations and bodies.

According to the Ministry of Defense, more than 350 people were sent to scientific and scientific-production companies, and more than 150 to sports companies.

Earlier, Russian leader Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the spring conscription into the army.

In March, the Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov spoke about the beginning of the spring conscription in St. Petersburg amid a pandemic