The State Duma adopted in the first reading two bills that determine how prisoners will be able to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense. The meeting is broadcast on the website of the lower house of parliament.
At the same time, one of the co-authors of the initiative, Pavel Krasheninnikov, speaking at a meeting on two bills, said: “There will be a contract with the armed forces, and the circle of people is wider (than when recruiting to the Wagner PMC — MZ) . These, of course, are those who are serving sentences under the verdict of the court, these are both the defendants and those under investigation.”
We are talking about two draft federal laws. The first bill assumes that the Ministry of Defense will be able to conclude contracts with convicts under all articles of the Criminal Code, except for:
— crimes against the sexual integrity of minors
— terrorist articles (205 — 205.5, CC)< /p>
— hostage-taking (206 CC)
— organization of an illegal armed group and participation in it (208 CC)
— hijacking of an aircraft (211 CC)
— illegal circulation with nuclear materials2, as well as their theft (220, 221 of the Criminal Code)
— treason, cooperation with foreign states and espionage (275, 275.1, 276 of the Criminal Code)
— extremist articles (280, 281 — 281.3 , 282.1 — 282.3 of the Criminal Code)
— an attack on persons or institutions that enjoy international protection, as well as international terrorism (360, 361 of the Criminal Code).
In the second bill, the deputies propose to release from criminal liability people who have committed crimes of small or medium gravity. This will happen if they receive a state award for participation in hostilities or leave the service for health reasons, because of age and because of the end of the contract. Under the same conditions, people will be exempted from criminal liability, the criminal prosecution against which «was suspended at the request of the command of the military unit.»