Moscow region military commissar announced a return to a two-year military service

The military commissar of Dmitrov, Taldom and Dubna, Mikhail Fotin, said that from the spring of 2023 the term of service for conscripts will increase to one and a half years, and from the fall of 2024 to two years. He said that such information was conveyed to the military registration and enlistment offices by the leadership.

“Citizens called up in the spring will serve for a year and a half, and those called up in the fall of 2023 will serve for two years,” the military commissar said on air yesterday, December 16. Dmitrov TV. According to the military commissar, this is a logical decision, since “our northern neighbors are joining NATO.” In this regard, according to him, it is necessary to equip military units not only with contract soldiers, but also with conscripts.

October 20, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Vladimir Dzhabarov in an interview with Parliamentary Newspaper declared about the need to increase the term of military service to two years. He explained this by the fact that in one year it is impossible to learn how to handle military equipment.

According to newspaper sources Vedomosti, the presidential administration and the Ministry of Defense did not support the proposal of senators and deputies to increase the term of military service to two years. In early November, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov declaredthat the increase in the term of military service in the Kremlin is not discussed.

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Anastasia Larina