The Russian President approved amendments to the law on military service
Vladimir Putin today signed the amendments to the law on military service adopted by the State Duma on September 20 this year.
The amendments provide for the following measures:
• if illegal actions against military service are committed during a declared martial law or mobilization, this will be considered an aggravating circumstance. Previously, they were considered as such when committed in conditions of an armed conflict or hostilities;
• more severe will be the punishment for such actions as: disobeying a military order, going AWOL, desertion, damage to military property, evasion of service;
• Criminal liability now extends to those who were called up for collections from the reserve, but did not show up for them, as well as to those who, after being called up from the reserve, left their place of service without permission;
• Those who voluntarily surrendered will face imprisonment for a term of 3 to 10 years;
• Looting is punishable by up to 15 years of imprisonment;
• violation (repeated) of the contract under the state defense order will be punished by 4-8 years in prison, and in case of non-fulfillment of the order or damage of more than five million rubles, the punishment will be 5-10 years in prison;
• Repeated refusal to conclude a contract under the state defense order will now incur criminal liability - imprisonment for a period of 4-8 years.
- The official site of the Kremlin
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