RUSSIA: MORE MEN DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY

Описание: (27 Apr 2000) Natural Sound

The war in Chechnya continues unabated.

Ten Russian Interior Ministry soldiers, including a senior officer, have been killed in a clash with rebels in the southern mountains, in another setback for federal forces.

Meanwhile more young Russian men were drafted into the Russian army on Thursday.

The draft took place despite government promises that conscription will be abolished and Russia will have a professional army.

The conscription ceremony took place in the town of Zheleznodorozhny, 25 kilometres (15 miles) outside of Moscow.

According to the Russian News Agency ITAR-TASS seven thousand young men from the suburbs of Moscow will be drafted this spring.

That's 1500 more than last year.

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