INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Over 4,000 Russian university students have taken academic leave to fight in Ukraine as volunteers, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigusaid at an
grew to 1.15 million in 2023 and was expected to further increase to 1.32 million.Under Russian law, university students are entitled
todefer their year-long compulsory military service until graduation.The ruling, pro-Kremlin political party United Russia last
curriculum.Shoigu, speaking at the end-of-year meeting, praised students for making camouflage nets and donating blood for soldiers on the
