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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

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  • 22 September 2026 | ISW – Institute for the Study of War (Author)

    Russian Federation

    Analysis of military and security-related developments of the day

    Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 22, 2026 (Special or Analytical Report, English)

    • Russian authorities are reportedly training some regional government officials for possible mobilization scenarios. […] The Udmurt Republic will hold a two-day long “Organization of Mobilization Training in State and Local Government Bodies” training program for 20 state and municipal employees.[7] The program will reportedly run until December 5, and its modules will include lessons about the transition of the Russian economy to wartime conditions, the organization of mobilization planning, the military registration […] of citizens in the reserves, the protection of classified information, and the monitoring of mobilization preparations. […] The Udmurt Republic has reportedly held these training sessions before, but the program comes amid increasing indications that the Kremlin may conduct some form of mobilization in the near future and indicates that Russian authorities are preparing regional civil servants and government employees for the administrative and economic challenges inherent in mobilization.[8] The increasing Russian […] casualty rate and declining volunteer recruitment rate will likely force Russian President Vladimir Putin to order some form of mobilization in the near future to continue the current tempo of Russian offensive operations in Ukraine.[9] It is still unclear, however, if Putin has made a final decision about conducting a mobilization and, if he has, what kind of mobilization he will order.
    enID 2145299

  • 21 September 2026 | HRC – UN Human Rights Council (formerly UN Commission on Human Rights) (Author)

    Russian Federation, Ukraine

    Report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on sexual violence in the context of the Russian attack against Ukraine (violence in detention and non-detention contexts; Russian and Ukrainian authorities as perpetrators; measures to detect and prevent sexual violence; other topics) (reporting period: February 2022 - July 2026)

    Sexual violence in the context of the Russian Federation full-scale armed attack against Ukraine [A/HRC/63/CRP.2] (Special or Analytical Report, English)

    • It has enacted legal provisions that provide broad impunity for crimes, including sexual violence, committed during military service and has not engaged with OHCHR on the matter of sexual violence. 6. […] On the contrary, in June 2023, the Russian Federation adopted a law exempting servicepersons from criminal liability for crimes of any severity if they have received a State decoration or completed their military service because of age, injury or the end of martial law or mobilization. […] [footnoteRef:45] In March 2024, the Russian Federation expanded the exemption to persons under investigation for crimes committed before they entered military service, active military servicemen and those who were serving criminal sentences before entering military service. […] While the new law includes some limitations on exemption in relation to persons under investigation for crimes committed before entering military service, including for sexual crimes involving minors, there are no limitations on exemption from accountability for crimes committed while in military service. […] The law also exempts individuals serving, or willing to serve, in the Russian armed forces during mobilization or martial law, from criminal liability for minor or medium gravity crimes committed prior to the date of the entry of the law into force.
    enID 2145201

  • 21 September 2026 | BBC News (Author)

    Russian Federation

    Article on the implications of the election results

    Russia's elections had few surprises - but how the Kremlin uses the results will be crucial (Media Report, English)

    • President Putin recently ruled out another wave of mobilisation. "There is no scenario today that would require it," he declared. Not today, then. But what about tomorrow? Despite official denials, in Russian society there remains deep anxiety about the possibility of a new round of mobilisation.
    enID 2145252

  • 21 September 2026 | ISW – Institute for the Study of War (Author)

    Russian Federation

    Analysis of military and security-related developments of the day

    Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 21, 2026 (Special or Analytical Report, English)

    • follow statements from Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson and United Russia Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on September 20 that the election results will confirm Russian parties’ and voters’ support for Putin’s policies, including foreign policy.[11] Putin will likely use the Duma election results to justify increased demands on Russian society, such as mobilization
    enID 2145298

  • 21 September 2026 | ISW – Institute for the Study of War, CTP – Critical Threats Project (Author)

    Iran, Iraq, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, United States of America, Yemen

    Update on key developments in the US/Israeli war with Iran (US and Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran's response)

    Iran Update, September 21, 2026 (Periodical Report, English)

    • to use official channels to request a visit to Iraq and obtain an entry visa.[57] The rules would reportedly go into effect on September 30, which is the deadline for the Iraqi federal government to disarm the Iraqi militias and when US-led coalition forces will withdraw from Iraq.[58] Iranian advisors operate alongside the militias in Iraq, including those within the Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization
    enID 2145448
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