Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the congress of the Movement of the First in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 26, 2025.Vladimir Putin has attracted “condemnation from Russian parents” for his treatment of new military conscripts, according to the UK.The president called up 160,000 Russian men aged between 18 and 30 on March 31 as part of the Kremlin’s annual spring conscription cycle.Everyone eligible has to serve for a year but Moscow has promised not to send these new troops to the frontline in Ukraine, wher