Information on military service, conscription, and mobilization
The following publications by EUAA, the Danish Immigration Service and the Swedish Migration Agency provide background information:
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Report on punishment of objection to military service
Landinformation: Ryssland. Bestraffning vid värnpliktsvägran (Special or Analytical Report, Swedish)
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Report on a new system for delivering summonses for military service
Landinformation: Ryssland. Nytt system för delgivning av militära kallelser m.m. (Special or Analytical Report, Swedish)
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Query response on the Russian Federation: Political opposition and military service (1 November 2022 to 16 February 2023)
Russian Federation; Major developments in the Russian Federation in relation to political opposition and military service [Q37-2023] (Response, English)
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Report on military service (overview of Russian armed forces; contract military service; reserve; scope of partial military mobilisation; legal framework of the mobilisation order; implementation; Russian military forces in Ukraine; conscription and military recruitment in Chechnya; draft evasion, desertion and violation of order; violations of humanitarian and international human rights law by Russian military forces in Ukraine)
The Russian Federation – Military service (Special or Analytical Report, English)
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Report on developments concerning military service since July 2022 (new legislation; partial military mobilisation; conscription; contract soldiers; recruitment to private military companies; draft evaders; conscientious objectors; deserters; methods of recruitment)
Russia; An update on military service since July 2022 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
For earlier developments, see our previous information collection on the partial military mobilization (last update in March 2023).
The most recent documents on the issue
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Article on Russian losses of military personnel in Ukraine in 2024; 45,287 people killed
How Russia took record losses in Ukraine in 2024 (Media Report, English)
- Sixty-five servicemen were killed, including their commander Col Musaev. Dozens more were wounded. Bairov, 22 and from Buryatia in eastern Siberia, had studied to be a food sanitation specialist but was drafted for mandatory military service and then signed a contract to become a professional soldier. […] In August 2024, Russian conscripts were killed when Ukrainian forces stormed over the border into the Kursk region. From August 6 to 13 alone, an estimated 1,226 Russian soldiers died. However, the heaviest overall losses occurred during a slow Russian advance in the east between September and November 2024, according to leading US military analyst Michael Kofman.
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Article on death in Russian custody of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna
Torture, Death of a Ukrainian Journalist in Russian Custody (Appeal or News Release, English)
- v=clfRUsp8E84] among those of Ukrainian servicemen returned to Ukraine in February. The forensic examinationfound [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clfRUsp8E84] numerous signs consistent with torture and other inhuman treatment on her body, including bruising, a broken rib, and “possible signs of electrocution.”
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Brief update on recent developments (security, politics, economy) in selected countries
Briefing Notes (KW18/2025) (Periodical Report, German)
- ’, last update 22.04.2025; Jeune Afrique, Pourquoi l’Algérie s’apprête à adopter une loi sur la mobilisation générale, last update 22.04.2025; Le Figaro, L’Algérie adopte une loi afin de permettre la mobilisation générale et la guerre, last update 22.04.2025; Horizons, Mobilisation Générale en Algérie : Réponse à l’Encerclement Diplomatique, last update 20.04.2025; International Crisis Group, […] https://northafricapost.com/86378-diplomatically-outflanked-algeria-waves-general-mobilization.html [https://northafricapost.com/86378-diplomatically-outflanked-algeria-waves-general-mobilization.html] https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1681287/politique/pourquoi-lalgerie-sapprete-a-adopter-une-loi-sur-la-mobilisation-generale/ [https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1681287/politique/pourquoi-lalgerie-sapprete-a-adopter-une-loi-sur-la-mobilisation-generale […] /] https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1681287/politique/pourquoi-lalgerie-sapprete-a-adopter-une-loi-sur-la-mobilisation-generale/ [https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1681287/politique/pourquoi-lalgerie-sapprete-a-adopter-une-loi-sur-la-mobilisation-generale/] https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/l-algerie-adopte-une-loi-afin-de-permettre-la-mobilisation-generale-et-la-guerre-20250422 [https://www.lefigaro.fr […] /international/l-algerie-adopte-une-loi-afin-de-permettre-la-mobilisation-generale-et-la-guerre-20250422] https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/l-algerie-adopte-une-loi-afin-de-permettre-la-mobilisation-generale-et-la-guerre-20250422 [https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/l-algerie-adopte-une-loi-afin-de-permettre-la-mobilisation-generale-et-la-guerre-20250422] https://horizons.ma/mobilisation-generale-en-algerie-reponse-a-lencerclement-diplomatique […] / [https://horizons.ma/mobilisation-generale-en-algerie-reponse-a-lencerclement-diplomatique/] https://horizons.ma/mobilisation-generale-en-algerie-reponse-a-lencerclement-diplomatique/ [https://horizons.ma/mobilisation-generale-en-algerie-reponse-a-lencerclement-diplomatique/] https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/north-africa/247-algeria-morocco-western-sahara/managing-tensions-between
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Brief update on recent developments (security, politics, economy) in selected countries
Briefing Notes (KW18/2025) (Periodical Report, English)
- According to UNICEF information, two-thirds of persons expelled from Pakistan are children, and many of them are becoming separated from their families.4 Algeria Diplomatic tensions escalate, new law governing general mobilisation Algeria’s government adopted a new law on 20.04.25 governing the general mobilisation of the population. […] ’, last update 22.04.2025; Jeune Afrique, Pourquoi l’Algérie s’apprête à adopter une loi sur la mobilisation générale, last update 22.04.2025; Le Figaro, L’Algérie adopte une loi afin de permettre la mobilisation générale et la guerre, last update 22.04.2025; Horizons, Mobilisation Générale en Algérie : Réponse à l’Encerclement Diplomatique, last update 20.04.2025; International Crisis Group, […] / [https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1681287/politique/pourquoi-lalgerie-sapprete-a-adopter-une-loi-sur-la-mobilisation-generale/] https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1681287/politique/pourquoi-lalgerie-sapprete-a-adopter-une-loi-sur-la-mobilisation-generale/ [https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1681287/politique/pourquoi-lalgerie-sapprete-a-adopter-une-loi-sur-la-mobilisation-generale/] https://www.lefigaro.fr/international […] /l-algerie-adopte-une-loi-afin-de-permettre-la-mobilisation-generale-et-la-guerre-20250422 [https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/l-algerie-adopte-une-loi-afin-de-permettre-la-mobilisation-generale-et-la-guerre-20250422] https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/l-algerie-adopte-une-loi-afin-de-permettre-la-mobilisation-generale-et-la-guerre-20250422 [https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/l-algerie-adopte-une-loi-afin-de-permettre-la-mobilisation-generale-et-la-guerre […] -20250422] https://horizons.ma/mobilisation-generale-en-algerie-reponse-a-lencerclement-diplomatique/ [https://horizons.ma/mobilisation-generale-en-algerie-reponse-a-lencerclement-diplomatique/] https://horizons.ma/mobilisation-generale-en-algerie-reponse-a-lencerclement-diplomatique/ [https://horizons.ma/mobilisation-generale-en-algerie-reponse-a-lencerclement-diplomatique/] https://www.crisisgroup.org
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Article on increasing political and economic centralisation of power causing a lack of federative development
Militarization of Regional Policy Leads to Decline of Federalism in Russia; Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 22 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
- The regions’ race to militarize demonstrates their effective mobilization to implement the Kremlin’s neo-imperial policy. This “rethought” federalism only leaves regional governments with the right to compete, which is more actively militarizing than the ability to address local economic development and social issues (Kasparov.ru [https://www.kasparovru.com/material.php?
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