The State Duma approved amendments on new draft rules

The State Duma of Russia approved amendments on new rules for conscription and delivery of summonses. Electronic summonses have been equated to paper ones, and for failure to appear at the military registration and enlistment office, a ban will be imposed on leaving the country, opening an individual entrepreneur and registering property.

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