Russia cancels upper age limit for military personnel

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Russia cancels upper age limit for military personnel

STORY: Russia cancels upper age limit for military personnel DATELINE: May 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting STORYLINE: The Russian parliament passed a bill on Wednesday to scrap the upper age limit for those who want to serve in the army under a contract. Previously, Russian citizens aged 18-40 and foreigners aged 18-30 were entitled to conclude the first contract for military service. Now those who are older will be able to serve under a contract until the end of the working age, said Russia's lower parliament house the State Duma. The adoption of this bill will make it possible to attract more specialists to the military service, said Andrei Kartapolov, co-author of the initiative and chairman of the Defense Committee of the State Duma. An explanatory note said highly professional specialists are needed for the use of high-precision weapons, and the operation of weapons and military equipment, while experience

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