After disastrous wars in Chechnya and Afghanistan, Russia found it hard to recruit soldiers. But it has worked hard to rememdy this problem.
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Russia has a history of using its huge population to build a massive army that is able to overwhelm most enemies through sheer weight of numbers.
Putin could have used the Ukraine offensive into Kursk as an excuse to ramp up conscription.
A forthcoming poll finds that although the majority of respondents oppose conscription, all age categories are more likely to support conscription if it is gender-neutral.
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