Lieutenant-General Vasily Tonkoshkurov, the head of the Main Department for Organization and Development of the Russian General Staff, said that the best Chechen conscripts will be selected for service in the Russian Armed Forces, Russia 24 reports.
Chechnya has the same conscription rules as other regions of Russia. 500 Chechens will join the Russian army. It has been the first draft in Chechnya in the last 20 years.
