Overview
- President Vladimir Putin signed a decree authorizing year‑round conscription in 2026 for citizens aged 18–30 totaling 261,000 people.
- The Ministry of Defence said new conscripts will still be sent to units in two waves from April 1 to July 15 and from October 1 to December 31.
- Defence Minister Andrey Belousov issued an implementing order to organize the 2026 call‑up and to discharge conscripts whose service terms have ended.
- A separate presidential decree directs reservists under contract to attend special trainings in 2026 to protect designated critical and life‑support infrastructure.
- The government must list the facilities to be covered and the MoD will name the units, with funding from existing MoD budget lines and stated benefits for reservists comparable to servicemen; officials stressed this is not a mobilization.