MOSCOW. March 31 (Interfax) - The military service period for conscripts remains the same, 12 months, the Russian General Staff's deputy head of mobilization Vladimir Tsimlyansky said.
"Conscripts will start being sent to assembly points as planned from April 10, 2025. As before, the military service by conscription will last 12 months," Tsimlyansky told a briefing on Monday.
All conscripts will be sent to complete service to the permanent bases of military units and formations on Russian territory, he said.
"Conscripts doing military service will not be sent to military bases in the new Russian territories: the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics, the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, or to take part in missions of the special military operation," Tsimlyansky said.
The spring campaign will not affect certain categories of citizens, he said. "The exception will be made for citizens residing in parts of our Far North region and equivalent areas, as well as teachers at educational organizations, who will be called up to military service from May 1 to July 15," he said.
A third of conscripts will be sent to training formations and military units where they will spend up to five months learning to use modern military equipment and receive a military specialty, he said.
"At the same time, we will continue with the practice of forming scientific companies for applied-scientific tasks. We will not disregard the staffing of our scientific-production units implementing advanced ideas and breakthrough technologies in production, nor our sports companies that have the conditions necessary for training most promising athletes," Tsimlyansky said.