President Putin Signs Decree Amending Military Conscription Rules

The Russian President Putin has signed a decree amending the laws concerning members of the Russian military. Among those changes is the deletion of language that limits military service to under 70 years old, changes "citizens of the Russian Federation" to "citizens", and adds a provision that disallows civilian enrollment in the Armed Forces if they have records " in connection with the commission of an administrative offense related to the consumption of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances without a doctor's prescription or new potentially dangerous psychoactive substances".