Two more bills on delays in mobilization have been submitted to the State Duma. The documents were published on the website of the lower house of parliament, Pavel Chikov, head of the human rights Agora, drew attention to them.
The first proposes to exempt citizens from conscription as part of the “partial mobilization”, who did not do military service. The explanatory note states that “in his speech on September 21, 2022, <…> V.V. Putin has clearly designated the citizens who will be subject to partial mobilization.”
The second initiative proposes to exempt citizens with doctoral or candidate of science degrees from the mobilization call. As Chikov notes, this is the thirteenth since October the draft law on mobilization, which is being considered or has already been considered by the State Duma.
The deputies proposed to divide the deferrals into two types: for “general” and “partial mobilization”, to exempt from conscription of parents or guardians of underage children with disabilities and Russians whose close mobilized relative has already died in Ukraine. -cite__image» alt=»1″ />«Accept in the same mode.» In the regions whose authorities have reported on the end of mobilization, they continue to distribute subpoenas
Also, bills on amnesty for those mobilized who have committed administrative offenses (except for rallies) and conscription for war convicted under serious articles were also submitted to the lower house.
Deputies from the New People party proposed to give the reserve the right to alternative civilian service (ACS) during mobilization, although the constitutional court emphasized that the right to ACS should be ensured regardless of whether the relevant law was passed.
B in early October, the heads of more than 20 regions reported on the completion of mobilization and the “implementation of plans” for conscription; On October 17, Moscow and the Moscow region joined them. Some governors clarified that they were talking about the end of only the «first stage» of mobilization.
In mid-October, Vladimir Putin said that «within two weeks, all mobilization activities will be completed,» but later his secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the president did not yet plan to make a statement about the end of mobilization.
The government has already approved the deferral of taxes, fees and insurance premiums for the mobilized, and Putin has signed laws on credit holidays for participants in the war in Ukraine. The State Duma adopted amendments obliging to keep jobs for the mobilized. In addition, conscripts and their relatives were exempted from penalties for late payment of utility bills and capital repairs.