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Surely this has to have significant ramifications to the day to day operations of the country. If people who are drafted refuse then someone needs to decide on

Surely this has to have significant ramifications to the day to day operations of the country. If people who are drafted refuse then someone needs to decide on the outcome of that. If they draft vital workers of the economy it they will need to fill the vacancies. It’s almost impossible to judge the outcome of this within the country. They must have prepared that for quite some time.

ls15 4y ago
> If people who are drafted refuse then someone needs to decide on the outcome of that. Looks like the jail time for that just gets doubled: https://inshorts.com/en/news/russian-state-duma-okays-tougher-punishment-for-deserting-soldiers-1663695362545 https://inshorts.com/en/news/russian-state-duma-okays-toughe... > According to the bill, deserting a military unit during martial law would attract up to 10 years in jail. Under the present law, desertion by a soldier will attract a sentence of five years.
wodenokoto 4y ago
I'm not sure what the details and exact definitions of words like "draft" and "conscription" are, but the article says that it is only former professional soldiers who are being "mobilized". To me that sounds more like activating a reserve, rather than drafting. Although that probably doesn't change the fact that most of those 300.000 people are productive members of the Russian economy.
- xhruso00 4y ago
  One cannot trust those numbers. They claim 6000 russian soldiers lost and they call 300 000 backup? Doesn't make sense at all. Keeping the numbers low is to calm down public opinion.
- filoleg 4y ago
  To clarify the conscription part, it has been mandatory for all males 18-27 (or 28? I forgot+they keep changing that age +-1) since a long time ago. Medical exceptions and a few others apply, if Russia isn't struggling for numbers, otherwise the exceptions are routinely ignored.

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Surely this has to have significant ramifications to the day to day operations of the country. If people who are drafted refuse then someone needs to decide on

by the_mitsuhiko 4y ago

ls15 4y ago
> If people who are drafted refuse then someone needs to decide on the outcome of that. Looks like the jail time for that just gets doubled: https://inshorts.com/en/news/russian-state-duma-okays-tougher-punishment-for-deserting-soldiers-1663695362545 https://inshorts.com/en/news/russian-state-duma-okays-toughe... > According to the bill, deserting a military unit during martial law would attract up to 10 years in jail. Under the present law, desertion by a soldier will attract a sentence of five years.
wodenokoto 4y ago
I'm not sure what the details and exact definitions of words like "draft" and "conscription" are, but the article says that it is only former professional soldiers who are being "mobilized". To me that sounds more like activating a reserve, rather than drafting. Although that probably doesn't change the fact that most of those 300.000 people are productive members of the Russian economy.
- xhruso00 4y ago
  One cannot trust those numbers. They claim 6000 russian soldiers lost and they call 300 000 backup? Doesn't make sense at all. Keeping the numbers low is to calm down public opinion.
- filoleg 4y ago
  To clarify the conscription part, it has been mandatory for all males 18-27 (or 28? I forgot+they keep changing that age +-1) since a long time ago. Medical exceptions and a few others apply, if Russia isn't struggling for numbers, otherwise the exceptions are routinely ignored.