Deputies of the State Duma of Russia approved the law on the conscription of convicts for military service under the contract. As follows from the explanatory note, the innovation will not affect those who have committed serious crimes.
It is noted that it is planned to “apply a similar approach for the period of mobilization, the period of martial law and for wartime and to citizens who have a criminal record and wish to enter military service under a contract.”
The deputies approved a number of amendments, RIA Novosti clarifies. In particular, they concern the specification of the elements of crimes for which convicts will not be able to enter the service under the contract. It was decided to include sabotage, assistance in sabotage activities and training for this, illegal handling of nuclear materials or radioactive substances, calls for terrorist activities, crimes against the sexual integrity of minors, including rape, as crimes.
The project assumes that limitedly fit citizens will also be able to conclude contracts during periods of mobilization and wartime. Also, for men, the age limit for serving in the service was set: 70 years for senior officers and 65 years for those with a different military rank. Another amendment fixed the possibility of concluding a contract, regardless of being in the reserve.
The authors of the project are Andrei Kartapolov, head of the State Duma Defense Committee, and Andrei Krasov, his first deputy.
Source: Rosbalt
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