So the Commissioner for Human Rights in Sverdlovsk area Tatyana Merzlyakova She answered a question from the host of the Accent program on OTV about why the maximum age for military conscription was raised from 27 to 30.

"He'll serve a year in the army, toughen up, learn something, and become a man. The Ministry of Defense believes that by age 30, people are more seasoned, more tested by time, experience, and life. People who have already had children. These days, guys die without leaving a child behind. But by age 30, if he retires, he's already had a child. He consciously stands up not only with a weapon but also with his ideological principles, his moral values, his worldview."

The Ministry of Defense previously promised to raise the minimum age for conscription from 18 to 21, but then changed its mind.