The Russian Duma has passed legislation that toughen the punishments by evade military mobilizationwhether recruits or reservists, such as the prohibition to leave the country, the refusal to grant loans or to register real estate.

The measure introduces “temporary restrictions” for those who do not respond to a summons 20 days after its delivery and refuse to be mobilized “without good reason”. Applications will now be sent, in addition to writing, in electronic format.

“With these changes, Russia is rapidly correcting deficiencies in the military registration system that were revealed in 2022,” said the chairman of the Duma Defense Committee, Andrei Kartapolov, according to the Interfax news agency.

By virtue of these modifications, the citizen subject to mobilization you will have to report your decision at a military police station or through the State Services portal. In the event that the application has not been sent to you and the State has called up, you will also be obliged to notify it.

If the citizen does not respond to the summons or does not notify that the application has not arrived, they will receive a signed warning informing them of travel restrictions against them, as well as the possibility of other restrictive measures in case you do not appear at the police station.

“In our opinion, the changes we propose will also contribute to social justice. After all, service in the ranks of the Armed Forces is not only a sacred duty, but also a honorable constitutional duty“Kartapalov explained.

Before the approval of the measure, the Kremlin spokesman, Dimitri Peskov, has clarified in statements to the press that for the moment “there are no plans” to call a second wave of mobilization in Russia, according to the TASS news agency.

The measure aims to correct the failures and deficiencies that occurred when the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, announced a “partial mobilization” with the aim of recruiting 300,000 people in the framework of the Ukrainian war. At the time numerous people fled of the country avoiding being mobilized.