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2020-05-01 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian Army spring draft campaign has been moved to June because of #Covid19 epidemic

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Posted by Fred 2020-05-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Ten, maybe fifteen years ago they were going to move to an all-volunteer army. Dunno what happened to that.

Short version: They discovered the hard way that you actually had to pay volunteers. They couldn't afford to go all volunteer.

Posted by Nguard 2020-05-01 08:38|| 2020-05-01 08:38|| Front Page Top

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