Sources currently available to the IRBDC indicate that the 1991 autumn draft of young men for military service in the USSR armed forces was supposed to be implemented, although this was met with varying degrees of success (Tass 3 Nov. 1991; BBC Summary 4 Dec. 1991; FBIS-SOV-91-240 13 Dec. 1991, 32). Further, an amnesty was issued to draft evaders and deserters provided they returned to their units or surrendered by 4 December 1991 (FBIS-SOV-91-240 13 Dec. 1991, 31; RFE 8 Nov. 1991, 42; RFE 29 Nov. 1991, 41). Please see the attached articles for further information.

There is no information currently available to the IRBDC specific to the status of compulsory military service in the Russian Federation since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Article 7 of the USSR Law on Exit and Entry provides that men of draft age who have not completed their military service may be denied a foreign travel passport for permanent domicile abroad (BBC Summary 8 June 1991). However, an individual's eligibility for compulsory military service is not included as one of the grounds for refusal of a travel passport in the case of exit for a temporary stay abroad (Ibid.). Please see the attached excerpt from the USSR Law on Exit and Entry.

There is no further information currently available to the IRBDC on these topics.

BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 4 December 1991. "Uzbek Defence Ministry Official on Conscription to Union Armed Forces," All Union Radio, 2 December 1991.

_____. 8 June 1991. "USSR Law on Exit and Entry" in Sovetskaya Rossiya, 6 June 1991.

FBIS-SOV-91-240. 13 December 1991. "Impact of Amnesty Law for Deserters Assessed" in Izvestia [Moscow, in Russian], 6 December 1991.

Radio Free Europe (RFE). 29 November 1991. Vol. 3, No. 48. Report on the USSR. "Weekly Record of Events."

_____. 8 November 1991. Vol.3, No. 45. Report on the USSR. "Weekly Record of Events."

Tass. 3 November 1991. "Soviet Army Conscription and Recruitment to be Reformed."

BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 4 December 1991. "Uzbek Defence Ministry Official on Conscription to Union Armed Forces," All Union Radio, 2 December 1991.

_____. 8 June 1991. "USSR Law on Exit and Entry" in Sovetskaya Rossiya, 6 June 1991.

FBIS-SOV-91-240. 13 December 1991. "Impact of Amnesty Law for Deserters Assessed" in Izvestia [Moscow, in Russian], 6 December 1991.

Radio Free Europe. 29 November 1991. Vol. 3, No. 48. Report on the USSR. "Weekly Record of Events."

_____. 8 November 1991. Vol.3, No. 45. Report on the USSR. "Weekly Record of Events." Tass. 3 November 1991. "Soviet Army Conscription and Recruitment to be Reformed."