Russia to force hospitals and private clinics to share potential conscripts’ patient records with military enlistment offices

Medical organizations in Russia, including private clinics, will be forced to share patient records with military enlistment offices. This information will then be added to Russia’s registry of conscripts, said Andrey Kartapolov, the chairman of the State Duma’s Defense Committee. Russia’s federal government cabinet is preparing the necessary bylaws for the Health Ministry and medical groups nationwide, in addition to resolutions that will require the Federal Tax Service and Internal Affairs Ministry to share citizens’ personal data with military draft offices.

Kartapolov told the newspaper Parlamentskaya Gazeta that the reforms are intended to spare the military the work of updating potential conscripts’ records while reducing the number of conscription summons delivered in error to people who are exempt for various reasons.

On October 3, the Russian federal government ordered the Federal Education and Science Supervision Agency to collect information about students at grade schools, colleges, and universities and share the data with military enlistment offices.

On April 14, 2023, Vladimir Putin signed legislation creating a single registry of persons subject to military service and electronic summons. The law permits enlistment offices to send conscription notices electronically and prohibits draft dodgers from leaving the country.