Putin orders creation of database of Russians obliged to register for military service

Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree to create a resource containing data on Russians who are or should be registered for military service, despite the previously announced completion of Putin’s partial mobilisation measures in Russia.

Source: Russian Latvia-based media outlet Meduza, citing Putin’s decree

Details: According to the decree, the portal is to collect data on all Russians who are or should be on the military register, except for reserve officers of the Foreign Intelligence Service and the Federal Security Service. Putin ordered the Russian Federal Tax Service and the Ministry of Defence of Russia to identify all such citizens.

By 30 December 2022, the Ministry of Defence of Russia, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Russia, and regional authorities are obliged to convert this information into digital form. The database will be managed by the Ministry of Defence.

At the same time, in order to create this resource, Russian organisations will have to provide such data as phone numbers, email addresses, health status and current location of Russian citizens. According to the document, this resource is to be created by 1 April 2024.

Why this is important:

Under the "partial" mobilisation in the Russian Federation, people with serious illnesses, parents with many children, etc., have been drafted to fight in the war against Ukraine; all of this was due to the lack of up-to-date information in the state’s databases. The Russian president stated that the database need to be organised "in a modern way".

At the end of October, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Putin that the conscription measures were completed. However, no decree on the completion of conscription has been signed. Kremlin officials said that a separate decree is not necessary.

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