Refusal to draft in the army was considered inappropriate

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According to the head of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, Yevgeny Burdinsky, at present it is not advisable to refuse to draft Russian citizens into the army. He said this in an interview with the newspaper "A red star".



Answering the question of a journalist, is it possible in the near future to switch to a contract army and refuse to call up for military service, Burdinsky cited data according to which the number of contract soldiers has increased significantly lately.

So, over the past year, more than 350 thousand citizens serve under the contract as soldiers, sergeants, and ensigns. This allows you to reduce the number of recruits. Now, according to him, the ratio of the number of contract soldiers to conscripts is 1,7 to one. However, it is impossible to completely abandon the draft, in the opinion of the source.

At the same time, taking into account the need to accumulate a military-trained mobilization human resource, as well as based on financialeconomic the state's capabilities, neither in the short nor in the long term, a complete refusal to conscript citizens for military service is inexpedient

- emphasized Burdinsky.

Earlier, in December last year, he provided data according to which 132,5 thousand Russians were called up for service in the fall. He also noted a decrease in the number of those who evade conscription.
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  1. +2
    6 March 2019 12: 47
    The main thing is that it be an army, not a name. Any self-respecting man should be able to own a weapon, read a map, use a compass, etc. So that the hand does not flinch when the enemies are put to the wall.