A senior Russian lawmaker on Monday introduced a bill to push back the age of conscription to compulsory military service to 21-30 years from the current 18-27 years.
The bill was introduced by Andrei Kartapolov, a former general who chairs the State Duma's defence committee and represents the ruling United Russia bloc, just over a year into Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine.
Because there are two transition years - 2024 and 2025 - when the conscription age will span 10 or 11 years instead of the usual nine, the bill would for a time increase the number of men subject to a year's compulsory service.
