Today, Europe finds itself caught between its commitment to protect freedom and individual rights on the one hand, and the ...

In December 2023, along with tens of thousands of other 18-year-old men, Aleksandr, from the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, was called up for mandatory military service in the Russian armed forces. Four ...

March 30, 2025: Russian media specialists seek to minimize the damage done to their military’s reputation. At the same time military leaders are pondering what to do next. In 2022 Russia used its new, ...

Russia is launching its largest conscription drive in more than a decade, expanding its military as talks stall over a potential ceasefire in Ukraine. President Putin has ordered the call-up of ...

The Russian government has approved new measures to streamline the conscription process, making it easier to draft young men into the Armed Forces, including those who previously evaded service, The ...

In March 2022, weeks after ordering a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to "mothers, wives, sisters, and fiancees" that he would deploy only "professional ...

May 15, 2025: European nations suddenly need a lot of soldiers. Their current voluntary forces are inadequate in the face of revived Russian aggression. Involuntary military service, or conscription ...

One of the largest rounds of conscription to Russia’s military for several years is underway, as President Vladimir Putin pushes ahead with an expansion of the country’s military at a crucial moment ...