15. Mai 2023 | Migrationsverket – Schwedische Einwanderungsbehörde (Autor)

Russische Föderation

Bericht zur Bestrafung von Wehrdienstverweigerung

Landinformation: Ryssland. Bestraffning vid värnpliktsvägran (Spezieller Bericht oder Analyse, Schwedisch)

15. Mai 2023 | Migrationsverket – Schwedische Einwanderungsbehörde (Autor)

Russische Föderation

Bericht zum neuen System für die Übermittlung von Einberufungen zum Militär

Landinformation: Ryssland. Nytt system för delgivning av militära kallelser m.m. (Spezieller Bericht oder Analyse, Schwedisch)

17. Februar 2023 | EUAA – European Union Agency for Asylum (ehemals: European Asylum Support Office, EASO) (Autor)

Russische Föderation

Anfragebeantwortung zur Russischen Föderation: Politische Opposition und Wehrdienst (1. November 2022 bis 16. Februar 2023)

Russian Federation; Major developments in the Russian Federation in relation to political opposition and military service [Q37-2023] (Anfragebeantwortung, Englisch)

Dezember 2022 | EUAA – European Union Agency for Asylum (ehemals: European Asylum Support Office, EASO) (Autor)

Russische Föderation

Bericht zum Wehrdienst (Überblick zu russischen Streitkräften; Vertragssoldaten; Reserve; Tragweite der Teilmobilmachung; rechtlicher Rahmen des Mobilisierungsbefehls und Umsetzung; russische militärische Kräfte in der Ukraine; Einberufung und Rekrutierung in Tschetschenien; Wehrdienstentziehung, Fahnenflucht und Befehlsverweigerung; Verstöße gegen das humanitäre Völkerrecht durch russische militärische Kräfte in der Ukraine)

The Russian Federation – Military service (Spezieller Bericht oder Analyse, Englisch)

Dezember 2022 | DIS – Danish Immigration Service (Autor)

Russische Föderation

Bericht zu Entwicklungen bezüglich Wehrdienst seit Juli 2022 (neue Gesetze; Teilmobilmachung; Einberufung; Vertragssoldaten; Rekrutierung für private Sicherheitsunternehmen; Wehrdienstverweigerung (aus Gewissensgründen); Deserteure; Rekrutierungsmethoden)

Russia; An update on military service since July 2022 (Spezieller Bericht oder Analyse, Englisch)

25. Jänner 2026 | ISW – Institute for the Study of War (Autor)

Russische Föderation

Analyse der militärischen und sicherheitsrelevanten Entwicklungen des Tages

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 25, 2026 (Spezieller Bericht oder Analyse, Englisch)

• Russian state business outlet Kommersant reported on January 22 that the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) launched a federal recruitment drive for contract soldiers in the Russian USF.[10] Kommersant reported that the Russian MoD is now offering one-year contracts stipulating that the MoD can only place the recruit in the USF, cannot transfer the recruit to non-USF units (such as infantry), and […] must discharge the recruit upon the expiration of the original contract if the recruit refuses to sign a renewal. […] Astra reported that the lawyer stated this standard contract could allow the Russian military command to assign these recruits as infantry and send them to the frontlines, possibly keeping the students in the military even after the expiration of the one-year contract.

19. Jänner 2026 | ISW – Institute for the Study of War (Autor)

Russische Föderation

Analyse der militärischen und sicherheitsrelevanten Entwicklungen des Tages

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 19, 2026 (Spezieller Bericht oder Analyse, Englisch)

• operational control of the Dnepr Grouping of Forces), and 51st CAA (formerly 1st Donetsk People’s Republic [DNR] AC, under the operational control of the Central Grouping of Forces); and additional naval infantry and BARS (Russian Army Combat Reserve) elements.[58] Mashovets stated that the Bakhmut Tactical Group is composed of significantly less forces, including three regiments of the Russian mobilization

14. Jänner 2026 | CGRS-CEDOCA – Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (Belgium), COI unit (Autor)

Russische Föderation

Bericht zu Wehrdienst, Vertragssoldat·innen und militärischer Mobilmachung

Russische Federatie; Legerdienst, contractsoldaten en mobilisatie (Spezieller Bericht oder Analyse, Niederländisch)

• Bericht zu Wehrdienst, Vertragssoldat·innen und militärischer Mobilmachung
• Report on military service, contract soldiers and military mobilisation
• . --------------------------------------- Summary All male citizens between the ages of 18 and 30 are subject to compulsory military service. From the age of 18, they may be called up by the military commissariats for a medical and psychological examination. A call-up committee then decides whether they are suitable for military service and if they will actually be called up. […] A minority of men who are eligible for conscription actually perform their military service. Conscripts can appeal against a decision of the conscription committee. This appeal is not always suspensive. It is possible to obtain a deferral or exemption from military service. […] Corruption is rife in the evasion of military service. Once a conscript has completed their military service, they can still be prosecuted for unauthorised absence or desertion. Reports of raids and heavy-handed practices during the conscription process have emerged. […] The Russian authorities are taking active measures to ensure that persons who have acquired Russian citizenship also perform their compulsory military service. The law provides for alternative military service, which can be obtained in practice. However, it is unclear how many applications are accepted. Russian citizens can enlist in the Russian army on a contractual basis. […] [https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/explainer-russian-conscription-reserve-and-mobilization] https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-illegally-detained-conscripts-pressure/31926058.html [https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-illegally-detained-conscripts-pressure/31926058.html] https://t.me/pchikov/4661 [https://t.me/pchikov/4661] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vCb_QdGscBkLUtYQpNxl5Q7I1XNisbnr

14. Jänner 2026 | ISW – Institute for the Study of War (Autor)

Russische Föderation

Analyse der militärischen und sicherheitsrelevanten Entwicklungen des Tages

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 14, 2026 (Spezieller Bericht oder Analyse, Englisch)

• The Rada approved former Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov as the new minister of defense on January 14.[29] The Rada also approved former Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal as the new minister of energy and first deputy prime minister.[30] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on January 14 that Fedorov will prioritize finding systematic solutions to Ukraine’s mobilization

13. Jänner 2026 | BBC News (Autor)

Russische Föderation

Artikel über die Rekrutierung von Ausländern für die russische Armee über den Telegram-Kanal einer russischen Frau

'We were tricked': How one woman lures foreign men to fight on Russia's front line (Medienbericht, Englisch)

• The former teacher's smiling video messages and upbeat posts offer "one-year contracts" for "military service". The BBC World Service has identified nearly 500 cases where she has provided documents, referred to as invitations, which allow the recipient to enter Russia to join the military. […] Domestically, Russia has expanded conscription, recruited prisoners and offered increasingly generous sign-up bonuses to maintain its operation in Ukraine, despite substantial losses. More than one million of its soldiers have been killed or wounded since the full-scale invasion in 2022, with 25,000 killed in the month of December 2025 alone, according to Nato. […] Many felt Azarnykh had misled or exploited recruits. They told us the men knew they were joining the military, but did not expect to serve on the front line. Several, like Omar, felt they had inadequate training or thought they would be able to leave after a year. […] The BBC could not confirm this, although other recruits also told us they believed she received payment. == 'Nothing happens for free' == Azarnykh's posts from mid-2024 begin to note that recruits will be "participating in hostilities" and mention foreign fighters who have died in combat. "You all understood well that you were going to war," she says in one video in October 2024. […] Kateryna Stepanenko, a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of War, told the BBC some municipal and regional authorities in Russia have been offering cash incentives of up to $4,000 (£2,970) to individuals such as HR professionals and local residents who recruit Russians or foreigners into military service.