4.3.3. Delivery of conscription summonses

According to the law, a summons or other notice is handed personally to the citizen against signature on receipt. If the person is not at home, the summons may be handed (upon consent) to any adult family member living with them, and in this case, the recipient is considered fully notified. If the summons is addressed to an organisation, it must be delivered to an employee who signs the receipt.767

In addition to paper summonses, delivery of electronic summonses has been introduced nationwide.768 Researcher Huseyn Aliyev noted that the electronic delivery of summonses started in March 2025, with a growing number being sent out after July 2025.769 As noted by a human rights lawyer, according to a military commissioner of Bryansk region, in August 2025, military enlistment officers were connected to the electronic military registry, after which the first electronic summonses were sent out through the state services portal Gosuslugi. The expert added that many people reported receiving electronic summonses from military enlistment offices through Gosuslugi.770 Military enlistment offices send out summonses on a regular basis, including outside of the conscription periods, for instance to confirm certain details.771

During the autumn draft of 2025, conscription summonses were reportedly issued solely in electronic form in Moscow oblast, Ryazan oblast, Mari El Republic, and Sakhalin oblast.772 According to Artem Klyga, as of 31 October 2025, delivery of electronic summonses – in addition to paper summonses – was recorded in 20 regions across Russia. Besides the ones mentioned above, these regions included Mordovia, Krasnodar krai, Perm krai, Khabarovsk krai, Zabaikalsky krai, Smolensk oblast, Buryatia, Krasnoyarsk krai, Tver oblast, Karelia, Chelyabinsk oblast, Altai krai, Nizhny Novgorod oblast, Saratov oblast, Pskov oblast, Samara oblast, and the city of St. Petersburg.773 According to researcher Huseyn Aliyev, electronic notices have also been introduced in the republics of the North Caucasus.774 A human rights lawyer has also mentioned Leningrad and Omsk oblasts, noting that overall the system should be working across the country.775