Which Organizations Will Provide Data to Military Recruitment Offices?
A number of organizations, including the Tax Authority, Rosobrnadzor, and private medical institutions, will begin transferring citizens’ data to military recruitment offices for inclusion in the Unified Register of Conscripts. This new measure aims to simplify the process and eliminate the need for citizens to visit recruitment offices to update their status. This was reported to “Parliamentary Newspaper” by Andrey Kartapolov, head of the State Duma Defense Committee.
Implementation of the Digital Military Registration Law
On October 3, as part of the implementation of the law on the digitalization of military registration (“the law on electronic summonses”), the government issued a decree requiring Rosobrnadzor to collect information about students and transfer it to military recruitment offices “to update military registration documents.” According to the document, this applies to university and college students, as well as regular school students.
Andrey Kartapolov clarified that the goal of this initiative is to optimize the military registration system. When a citizen’s status changes, for example, upon enrolling in an educational institution, the information will be automatically updated in the register.
Other Agencies Involved
Rosobrnadzor is not the only agency involved in this process. Information will also be provided by tax authorities, the Ministry of Health (including all medical organizations, both public and private clinics), territorial offices of the Ministry of Internal Affairs responsible for residential registration, and employers—both state and private companies. All of these organizations are expected to receive their own government decrees similar to the one issued for Rosobrnadzor in the near future.
What Data Will Be Collected?
This data will allow military recruitment offices to have a complete profile of each conscript: their place of work, registration, health status, and other important information. “This will, first of all, reduce the workload on recruitment offices, since they will no longer have to update the data themselves, and secondly, help avoid mistakes when summonses are issued during the draft campaign to those who are not subject to conscription,” Kartapolov concluded.
When Will the Unified Register Be Fully Launched?
Despite the authorities’ active efforts to form the Unified Register of Conscripts, its full launch is not expected before the first half of 2025. As Andrey Kartapolov emphasized, this means that at least the next three draft campaigns—the fall 2023 campaign and both campaigns in 2024—will be organized according to current standards.
The parliamentarian expressed hope that if progress accelerates, the register could be launched even earlier than planned. Nevertheless, he considers it realistic to expect the system to be fully operational no earlier than 2025.