BEIJING. April 26 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov has said that conscripts will not be involved in the settlement of local conflicts.
"It is planned to use only permanent units in local conflicts, if, God forbid, any should break out. Conscripts will not be used to settle them," he told the press in Beijing on Wednesday.
"Presently the Russian army has over 60,000 contracted privates and sergeants," he added.