The Russian conscripts \»will be taken\» cigarettes

Ration of Russian conscripts to the end of 2013 exclude cigarettes. Write about «News», citing sources in the Ministry of Defense.

According to the source publication, is a product that makes the appropriate corrections in the daily norm for servicemen undergoing military service. The changes were initiated by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the president signed into account Vladimir Putin February 25 anti-smoking law.

Under current Russian Government Decree № 946 of 2007 in the combined arms, flight, maritime and underwater soldering soldier conscripts, includes ten filter cigarettes a day and three boxes of matches per month. At the request of the soldiers may instead of cigarettes and matches to get 700 grams of sugar per month, or 600 grams of caramel, or 600 grams of milk.

The proposed measure, according to some interviewees «Izvestia», can lead to an exacerbation of hazing. Thus, the commander of a battalion with a history of cigarette shortage, in an interview said that senior soldiers, deprived of free cigarettes, forced recruits to supply them with tobacco received in dismissal. However, a source in the Defense Ministry said that the salaries of recruits, increased order Sergei Shoigu in September 2012 will allow them to provide themselves with cigarettes, if necessary.