"Vechernyaya Moskva", March 15, 2001, N 49 (23120), page 2

In the country and in the world

ABOUT 25 THOUSAND RUSSIAN RECRUITS EVADED THE MILITARY SERVICE last year, the chief of central administrative Board of educational work in the armed forces Vitaly Azarov informed on Wednesday.

As he said, 76% of young men declared that they managed to avoid the draft due to separate mass media, which gave direct recommendations how to bypass the law and to evade the military service.