The terms of conscription for military service are established by the law "On Military Duty and Military Service" and are additionally fixed in decrees of the President of the Russian Federation. The spring draft is carried out in the period from April 1 to July 15, and the autumn - from October 1 to December 31.
Dates of autumn and spring draft are established at the legislative level. You can find out the indicated dates by studying article 25 of the Federal Law "On Military Duty and Military Service". The specified norm stipulates that the call of citizens who are not in stock for military service is carried out twice a year. From the first of April to the fifteenth of July, the spring draft campaign is held, and from the first of October to the thirty-first of December, the autumn draft campaign is being implemented. Moreover, these dates are also fixed in the decrees of the President of the Russian Federation, which are adopted before each appeal. It is prohibited by law to carry out conscription activities outside of these periods.
Can the timing of the call vary?
As a rule, the dates for the autumn and spring calls remain unchanged, since their duration is established by law. They are mandatory for all draft commissions, military commissariats, which cannot at their discretion change the periods of draft campaigns. Moreover, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the draft period may be extended in connection with the failure to fulfill the established plan for attracting citizens to serve. In practice, this happens extremely rarely, since the planned number of recruits has decreased significantly in recent years.
