Moscow authorities are using surveillance cameras to track young Russians who meet the requirements for mandatory military service, official sources have announced.
“To detect the whereabouts of the recruit, surveillance cameras are being used in Moscow,” the Russian capital’s top military commissar Maxim Loktev said, quoted by the TASS news agency.
Loktev added that one of the main reasons for not showing up at recruitment centers is sending the summons to addresses other than those of potential recruits.
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin enacted a law targeting men of fighting age who do not intend to enlist in the military, whether conscripts or reservists.
The law prohibits citizens from leaving the country who have been notified to apply to recruitment centers.
Russians have two weeks to register after written or electronic notification.
If the notified persons do not appear at the centers within a period of 20 days, their ability to set up a business, obtain a car driver’s license, purchase real estate or apply for a bank loan will be restricted.
Source: DN
