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Russia wants to introduce compulsory military training at schools

Britain's Ministry of Defence said in a statement by citing intelligence that Russia wants to introduce compulsory military training at schools ahead of conscription. Moscow has been planning to begin 140 hours of annual training at schools from September 2023 onwards.

DPA / World
Published 13.11.2022 13:53
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With the programme, announced by Russian Education Minister Sergey Kravstov earlier in November, Russian officials had attempted to revive the training in 2014 following Russia's invasion of Crimea in the hope of improving the quality of conscripts, the British ministry said.
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