Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on year-round conscription into the army on Nov. 4, according to Russia's legal acts ...

The Russian government, facing mounting losses in Ukraine, appears to be intensifying its coercive recruitment tactics targeting prisoners, conscripts, and ethnic minorities from remote regions and ...

As in the previous army drafts, Russian conscripts had the right to choose military service in various military branches and armed services, considering their health condition and the results of ...