Friday, November 18, 2011

Russia's Demographic Crisis Is Now Hitting The Military Draft

Russia has no conscripts left to recruit, Russia's chief of the General Staff complained on Thursday. © RIA Novosti. Vladimir Vyatkin

Russian Military Has 'No One Left To Draft' -- RIA Novosti

Russia has no conscript-age young men left to recruit, Russia's chief of the General Staff complained on Thursday.

The current conscript service crisis in the Russian Armed Forces is mainly due to demographic decline, bullying and brutal treatment of conscripts.

General Nikolai Makarov said only 11.7% of young men aged 18-27 were eligible for the army service but 60% of them had health problems and could not be drafted under law.

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Update #1: Russia faces shortage of draft age men -- UPI
Update #2: Russia Runs Out of Young Men for Military Conscription -- FOX/NewsCore

My Comment: This is also not helping the situation.

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