Military preparation training should be...

Military preparation training was part of school education during the Soviet era, but was abolished as a mandatory discipline in the 1990s. Instead of military courses, life safety training was introduced in schools across the country, which is seen by most school students as an unnecessary discipline.

"I believe that such a school discipline [principle military preparation] is certainly needed," Sergei Fridinsky told Rossiiskaya Gazeta.

The statement came amid calls by many Russian public figures to consolidate the nation following deadly terrorist attacks that hit Moscow and Russia"s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan this week.

Fridinsky said patriotic education beginning in youth would train people to live a healthy lifestyle and help them overcome difficulties during their entire life, "including during military service."

A one-year military service is mandatory for men in Russia, but many try to evade conscription in the Army by bribing military

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