Russia has said it has concluded its autumn 2025 military draft, calling up 135,000 conscripts for service, whilst President Vladimir Putin signed a decree creating a new target of 261,000 conscripts ...

Russian citizens returning home now face a stark choice: risk conscription or stay away. Since late November 2025, military officers have been stationed at twelve major Russian airports, intercepting ...

So far Russia has lost 1.2 million troops in Ukraine and is running out of Russians willing to fight the Ukrainians. Currently Russia is obtaining North Koreas and Cuban troops, plus thousands of ...

Russia’s desperate recruitment drive as Putin frees prisoners and lures foreigners to war - Moscow has largely relied on what ...

The reintroduction and expansion of conscription is a direct result of the military rearmament in the NATO war against Russia and the preparation for a Third World War.