At present, the Russian legislation allows women to serve in the military only under contracts. © RIA Novosti. Oleg Zoloto
Russia May Soon Draft New Law On Military Service For Women -- RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, December 26 (RIA Novosti) – A bill on voluntary military conscription for women could be introduced in the lower house of the Russian parliament by February 1, 2013, a Russian lawmaker said.
“We will be surveying the public opinion until January 15 and spend the rest of January discussing our initiative with colleagues,” Tatyana Moskalkova from the Just Russia faction in the State Duma and a co-author of the bill told reporters on Tuesday.
“If everything goes well, we will introduce this bill in the State Duma by February 1,” Moskalkova said.
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Update #1: Russia may soon draft new law on military service for women -- Voice of Russia
Update #2: Duma deputies propose military service for women -- Russia And India Report
My Comment: Here is an interesting article from Pravda on the Russian military .... it is arguing that the reason why many Russian women want to join the military is to find suitable husbands. (LOL). But aside from this "opinion", there is still a lot of good info in this Pravda article on other issues confronting the military.
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