Military service is the duty of every male citizen of the Russian Federation. However, the current legislation provides for a number of situations where a potential conscript has the right to a deferral.
Student Deferral
The main regulatory act governing the rules of conscription for active military service on the territory of the Russian Federation is Federal Law No. 53-FZ "On Military Duty and Military Service", adopted on March 28, 1998. So, Art. 22 of this law establishes that all men between the ages of 18 and 27 who are citizens of the Russian Federation and consisting or obligated to be registered with the military, should be called up for military service.
However, subsequent articles of this document provide for a number of exceptions to this rule. So, among these ones, the situation described in paragraph 2 of Art. 24 Act on Military Duty. This section of the current legislation, in particular, is devoted to listing the delays that may be provided to young people in connection with their various types of training.
The most extensive list is contained in subparagraph a) of this section of the law, which determines that young people who are studying full-time in educational institutions with state accreditation have the right to deferment from military service. Moreover, such institutions themselves can belong to different levels of education: postponement can be granted to schoolchildren, students of technical schools, colleges or universities. Moreover, studying at a university provides the right to deferment both when studying for a bachelor's degree, or when studying for a specialist or master's degree. At the same time, while studying at all of the listed organizations, the student has the right to deferment not only during the period of study, but also in the case of leaving for academic leave or when transferring to another specialty, if in this case all of the above conditions are met.
