1.3 thousand people from Tatarstan to pass contract military service in 2014

On October 3, Acting Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a session of Tatarstan conscription commission at Tatarstan Government House. According to the information given at the session, 1.3 thousand people from Tatarstan will pass contract service in 2014.

The conscription campaign started on October 1 and will last till December 31. According to Russian President’s assignment, the number of soldiers, sailors, sergeants and sergeant majors passing military service in Russian Armed Forces should make 499, 000 people.

Tatarstan Military Commissar – Deputy Chairman of Conscription Commission Sergey Pogodin, who took part in the session, said that by results of 9 months, the work on selection of candidates was well organized in Vakhitovsky and Privolzhsky regions. Naberezhnye Chelny, Elabuga, Kukmor, Muslyumovo, Nurlat, Sarmanovo, and Tukai regions are not working efficiently enough.

According to Sergey Pogodin, conversations about advantages of military service in Russian Armed Forces were held with potential candidates were held in August-September. As a result, 17, 000 Tatarstan citizens visited mobile agitation stations, 550 people expressed their interest in passing military service, and 87 people submitted applications for passing contract military service.