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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Russian army drafting men from Chechnya for first time in 20 years

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Officials at Russia's Southern Military District said on October 1 that drafting commissions had started working in Chechnya's 17 districts and that the first group of conscripts will be sent to military units in 10 days.
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Young men from Chechnya are being drafted into Russia's armed forces for the first time in 20 years.

Some 500 men aged 18-27 will be drafted this autumn. 

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