Media: State Duma offer to call the Russians in the army once a year – RIA Novosti

Media: State Duma offer to call the Russians in the army once a year – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, October 7 – RIA Novosti. A member of the Duma defense committee Alexey Zhuravlev (“United Russia”) is preparing a bill according to which the Russian army will call once a year to reduce the “hazing “and reduce the costs of the appeal, wrote on Tuesday, the newspaper” Izvestia “.

Conscription held in Russia twice a year, in spring and autumn in the armed forces call on 150 thousand people. Call to be men between the ages of 18 to 28 years, but many Russians evaded conscription service in the first place for fear prevalent in the army hazing cases (primarily “hazing” – discrimination, exploitation or abuse of old-timers of recruits). In 2008, the two-year period has been reduced to one year, respectively, posted on the division of recruits and conscripts. According to the military prosecutor’s office, the number of cases of hazing has declined each year by 15-20%.

“One of the ideas – do not call twice a year, and one. Thus will dilute streams those who just called, and those who have served, freeing soldiers from hazing. And this measure will reduce fuel cost funds, spending on the organization and conduct of the recruiting campaign, “- quoted as saying Zhuravlev.

According to another member of the defense committee Vyacheslav Tetekina (CPRF), a fundamental change in the mobilization capacity of the new bill will bring. According to him, it comes to optimizing public spending, as “one thing – to draft campaign once, and another thing – twice a year”.

The first deputy head of the Committee Sergey Zhigarev (Liberal Democratic Party) believes that the proposed changes do not help relieve the budget and get rid of “bullying”.

“During the call, especially in large municipalities and cities, as all recruits dumped in one distribution point, and there is so much congestion. Therefore, I I think that at the same time to call half a million people – too much one-time burden on the budget, as well as educational institutions, “- he told the newspaper, adding that” hazing in the army we have, “but” there is a problem with the fraternities, “when” representatives Some nationalities infringe on the rights of other recruits “.