MOSCOW, October 28. /TASS/. The State Duma, the lower house of parliament, has adopted in a third and final reading a bill to carry out conscription throughout the entire calendar year.
The document was submitted on July 22 by Defense Committee chairman Andrey Kartapolov and his first deputy Andrey Krasov. It was adopted in the first reading on September 24 and in the second on October 21.
The innovations mean that medical examinations, professional psychological selection, and draft commission meetings will be conducted throughout the year.
According to the bill, the actual dispatch of conscripts for military service will be carried out twice a year - from April 1 to July 15 and from October 1 to December 31.
The authors of the initiative also propose setting special deadlines for certain categories of people. For instance, rural residents engaged in field work will be sent for service from October 15 to December 31, teaching staff from May 1 to July 15, and residents of some Far North areas from May 1 to July 15 or from November 1 to December 31.
