Read about the new wave of mobilization in Russia in the RIA Novosti article.
In January 2025, Russian society drew attention to individual signs of a possible new wave of mobilization. However, there are no direct indications of a second call-up of reservists yet.
What the State Duma says about the need to prepare a mobilization reserve
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On January 14, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Alexei Zhuravlev, in an interview with the publication Abzats, stated the need to prepare the male population of Russia for a major henan mobile number database confrontation with the collective West in the future. According to the deputy, Europe claims that in 2028-2029 it and its allies will be ready for war with Moscow.
"We don't talk about it, they say that they are going to fight us. But if they are going to fight, then we must also understand that our military registration and enlistment offices must work effectively, the mobilization reserve, and it must be clearly trained," the parliamentarian emphasized.
Two days later, on January 16, State Duma Defense Committee member and retired Lieutenant General Viktor Sobolev told RTVI that Russia should have a “three-million-strong army,” which would require a “powerful, trained military mobilization reserve.”
"No country in the world can maintain an army in peacetime according to the wartime structure. For this, there must be a powerful trained mobilization reserve to quickly switch from peacetime to wartime if such a need arises in any strategic direction," Sobolev said.
At the same time, according to the explanations of the Moscow military registration and enlistment office , the mobilization human reserve consists of civilians who have voluntarily entered into an agreement with the Russian Ministry of Defense. According to the terms of the agreement, they participate in training and training in peacetime, and when mobilized, they independently arrive at their military units.