July 11, 1995; afternoon release

30 YOUNG MEN WERE REGISTERED IN MOSCOW WHO HAVE REFUSED TO SERVE IN ARMY AND HAVE WRITTEN APPROPRIATE APPEALS TO MILITARY COMMISSIONERS -- INFORMED MRS. VALENTINA MELNIKOVA, PRESS SECRETARY OF COMMITTEE OF SOLDIERS' MOTHERS ON TUESDAY IN MOSCOW AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE. ACCORDING TO HER, 19 YOUNG MEN HAVE SIGNED THE DEMAND OF ANTI-MILITARISTS' RADICAL ASSOCIATION TO DEPUTIES OF RUSSIAN STATE DUMA FOR ADOPTION OF LAW ON ALTERNATIVE CIVILIAN SERVICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MRS. MELNIKOVA EXPRESSED HER PERSUASION THAT A FEDERAL LAW ON ALTERNATIVE CIVILIAN SERVICE WILL BE ADOPTED BY THE PARLIAMENT THIS AUTUMN.

A.R.A. WAS CREATED ON MAY 13, 1995. ITS FOUNDERS ARE DEPUTIES OF STATE DUMA MR. VALERI BORSCHIOV AND MR. YULI RYBAKOV, AND SEVERAL LEADERS OF THE COMMITTEE OF SOLDIERS' MOTHERS. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION OF MILITARY SOURCES, DURING THIS AUTUMN DRAFT, ABOUT 20 THOUSAND YOUNG PEOPLE EVADED MILITARY SERVICE.

Translated into English by A.Prischenko, July 12, 1995