The Kremlin has no position on increasing the conscription period in the army to two years, everything depends on the recommendations of the Russian Defense Ministry, there have been no statements from it on this matter, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday, RIA Novosti reported.

"Agree that the Russian Defense Ministry has the deciding vote here, after all. Everything depends on the position of the Defense Ministry, on the requests of the Defense Ministry, on their recommendations. We have not heard any statements from the Defense Ministry on this matter," Peskov said.

"We see statements, we read, but there is no position on this matter here. There is no talk in the administration on this matter," Peskov stressed.

Earlier, the head of the Defense Committee of the Council of Federation Viktor Bondarev spoke in favor of returning to Russia a two-year term of conscription, the committee will hold consultations with the security agencies.