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docdeek | 13 days ago

Compulsory military service is not uncommon in Europe.

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jmye|12 days ago

Nearly every country that has it shares a land border with Russia. Weird.

docdeek|12 days ago

That’s inaccurate. Amongst NATO countries, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Turkey have mandatory military service, and Croatia is bringing it back. There’s also non-NATO countries like Austria, Belarus, Cyprus, and Switzerland with mandatory military service.

Of those countries, Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, and Lithuania all have borders with Russia. The remainder - the majority of both the NATO countries and of the European states with service generally - do not have a border with Russia.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgj4npzp53o