Russian Federation - Information related to military service and mobilization

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Information on military service, conscription, and mobilization

The following publications by EUAA, the Danish Immigration Service and the Swedish Migration Agency provide background information:

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

These are the most recent documents from a search for terms related to the topics: (You can find more, and customise your search under this search link.)

Considered synonyms: combat, combat service, combat services, deserters, deserteur, deserteure, desertions, draft, drafts, einberufung, einberufung, einberufungen, einberufungen, fahnenflucht, heeresdienst, heeresdienst, heeresdienste, heeresdienste, kriegsdienst, kriegsdienst, kriegsdienste, kriegsdienste, military draft, military drafts, military service, military services, militärdienst, militärdienst, militärdienste, militärdienste, präsenzdiener, präsenzdiener, präsenzdienerin, präsenzdienerin, präsenzdienerinnen, präsenzdiener·in, präsenzdiener·in, präsenzdiener·innen, präsenzdienst, präsenzdienst, präsenzdienste, präsenzdienste, rekrut, rekruten, rekruten, rekrutin, rekrutin, rekrutinnen, rekrut·in, rekrut·in, rekrut·innen, services, waffendienst, waffendienst, waffendienste, waffendienste, wehrdienst, wehrdienst, wehrpflicht, wehrpflicht, wehrpflichtige, wehrpflichtige, wehrpflichtiger, wehrpflichtiger, wehrpflichtige·r, wehrpflichtige·r

  • 27 May 2026 | RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)

    Russian Federation, Ukraine

    Article on military casualties in the Russian-Ukrainian war

    Nearly 500,000 Russian Soldiers Killed In Ukraine Since Start Of All-Out War, British Intelligence Says (Media Report, English)

    • Since September 2022, when President Vladimir Putin jolted Russian society by ordering the mobilization of 300,000 men, Moscow’s fighting has relied on volunteer recruits enticed by extraordinary wages and benefits. Experts have said that this conveyer belt of soldiers may have slowed in recent months, with signs Russia was losing more men on a monthly basis than it was able to recruit. […] “Russia is not able to recruit enough soldiers to compensate those 35,000. Ninety-five percent of the kills are through drones. The killing ratio right now, and sorry for being so morbid, is one to five. So one Ukrainian soldier to five Russian soldiers.”
    enID 2140805

  • 18 May 2026 | Jamestown Foundation (Author)

    Russian Federation, Ukraine

    Article on pro-Ukrainian Cossack groups including Cossack fighters from Don and Kuban, joining the Russian Volunteer Corps deployed against Russia in Ukraine

    Genuine Russian Cossacks Fight For Ukraine Against Putin’s Regime; Eurasia Daily Monitor (Special or Analytical Report, English)

    • The record of Russia’s Cossack movements fighting for and supporting the Kremlin in Ukraine has been widely documented (see EDM, July2 [https://jamestown.org/kremlin-formalizing-cossack-mobilization-reserve/], 7 [https://jamestown.org/kremlin-playing-memory-politics-to-recruit-cossacks-into-bars-units/] , 2025,April 6 [https://jamestown.org/cossack-organizations-suppress-ukrainian-identity-in-occupied-territories
    enID 2140675

  • 7 May 2026 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (Author)

    Russian Federation

    Query response on Russian Federation: Treatment of Chechen returnees by Russian or Chechen authorities upon arrival; fate of Chechens returned to Russia in recent years

    Anfragebeantwortung zur Russischen Föderation: Umgang der russischen bzw. tschetschenischen Behörden mit tschetschenischen Rückkehrer·innen nach ihrer Ankunft in Russland; Schicksal von in den letzten Jahren nach Russland rücküberführten Tschetschen·innen [a-12808] (Response, German)

    • Austria this year expelled two Chechens who had applied for asylum after receiving summons to report to the Russian military for conscription. Vienna argued that they were not under a ‘credible’ threat of being drafted. […] Officials also claimed that they could ‘escape mobilisation... by settling in Moscow’. Based on ‘the results of police investigations into terrorism’ and religious extremism, the Chechens ‘would undoubtedly threaten national security’ if they remain on Austrian soil, authorities argued, without providing details. […] It may increase the likelihood of being questioned upon entering Russia, if the individual is of conscription age (18 -30 years old) or has visited Ukraine or other countries of interest to the FSB.
    deID 2140621

  • 7 May 2026 | UN Security Council (Author)

    Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Congo, Democratic Republic, Ethiopia, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Somalia, South Sudan, State of Palestine, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Uganda, Ukraine, Yemen

    Report by the UN Secretary-General on the protection of civilians in armed conflict in 2025

    Protection of civilians in armed conflict; Report of the Secretary-General [S/2026/390] (Periodical Report, English)

    • Information and communications technology, including social media, was used by armed actors to influence, abduct, extort and recruit and use children in hostilities. Girls were particularly vulnerable to technology-facilitated gender-based violence. Women and girls 39. Women and girls continued to face specific risks.
    enID 2140714

  • 4 May 2026 | BAMF – Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Germany), Informationszentrum Asyl und Migration (Author)

    Kazakhstan, Russian Federation

    Report on the increase of extraditions to Russia from Kazakhstan since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

    Im Schatten des Ukraine-Kriegs: Zunahme kasachischer Auslieferungen an Russland (Special or Analytical Report, German)

    • , letzte Aktualisierung 13.03.2026. 6 TAZ, Russische Deserteure in Kasachstan: Ausgeliefert wegen „Rauchens einer Wasserpfeife“, Die Tageszeitung, letzte Aktualisierung 18.02.2026; Meduza, In 2026, Kazakhstan literally turned into a dangerous country for anti-war Russians in just a month—even those who don’t live there permanently, letzte Aktualisierung 19.02.2026. […] kazahstan-nachal-vydavat-rossii-antivoennyh-aktivistov-pochemu-strana-prevratilas-v-opasnoe-mesto-dlya-kritikov-kremlya] https://meduza.io/feature/2026/03/13/kazahstan-nachal-vydavat-rossii-antivoennyh-aktivistov-pochemu-strana-prevratilas-v-opasnoe-mesto-dlya-kritikov-kremlya [https://meduza.io/feature/2026/03/13/kazahstan-nachal-vydavat-rossii-antivoennyh-aktivistov-pochemu-strana-prevratilas-v-opasnoe-mesto-dlya-kritikov-kremlya] https://taz.de/Russische-Deserteure-in-Kasachstan […] 6155637/ [https://taz.de/Russische-Deserteure-in-Kasachstan/!6155637/] https://taz.de/Russische-Deserteure-in-Kasachstan/!6155637/ [https://taz.de/Russische-Deserteure-in-Kasachstan/! […] godu-kazahstan-bukvalno-za-mesyats-prevratilsya-v-opasnuyu-stranu-dlya-antivoennyh-rossiyan-dazhe-teh-kto-ne-zhivet-tam-postoyanno [https://meduza.io/feature/2026/02/19/v-2026-godu-kazahstan-bukvalno-za-mesyats-prevratilsya-v-opasnuyu-stranu-dlya-antivoennyh-rossiyan-dazhe-teh-kto-ne-zhivet-tam-postoyanno] nach der russischen Teilmobilmachung im September 2022 reisten über 400.000 Personen aus Russland ein, um einer möglichen Einberufung
    deID 2140035
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