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UK Defense Ministry: Russia wants to recruit 420,000 contract soldiers in 2023 (kyivindependent.com)
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Russia plans to recruit 420,000 military contract personnel by the end of the year, likely exacerbating the country's labor shortage, the U.K. Defense Ministry said in its intelligence report on Sept. 11.

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[–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

The Kremlin has acknowledged the crucial role of the I.T. sector. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Sept. 4 to increase the military service exemption age for I.T. professionals from 27 to 30.

For what it's worth, Russia is going to get a huge generations of people getting into programming right now.