More than 40 regions in Russia have reported that citizens have started receiving subpoenas. The authorities assure that it is necessary to go to the military commissariat to clarify the data on military registration. Lawyer Maxim Grebenyuk, the author of the Military Ombudsman telegram channel, told RTVI what they might demand from the military enlistment office during such a visit.
The distribution of subpoenas to citizens from March 17 has been reported in at least 43 regions of Russia. This was officially announced by the authorities of the Voronezh, Penza, Yaroslavl regions, as well as the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug and Mari El. before the planned military training with the citizens in reserve”.
Authorities Mari El declared that Russians who have received a summons can be called up for military training on the basis of a presidential decree of February 22, but there is no such document in the public domain. Camps in the area will take place from March 17 to April 26.
“There should be a presidential decree for military training to begin. In Mari El, they referred to a February 22 decree. But to this date there are no presidential decrees in the public domain that have been published. Therefore, there is no consensus among human rights activists on whether or not this decree exists. It may be for official or secret use,” Mikhail Grebenyuk told RTVI.
According to the lawyer, mobilization activities to appeal to citizens have been suspended since November, and they can no longer forcibly mobilize a person during a visit to the military registration and enlistment office. Grebenyuk noted that he had no information on such cases after Nov. 1, 2022.
“Therefore, now is the best opportunity to come to the military enlistment office and update some accounting data. Maybe a fourth child was born to a person, maybe his parents are become disabled, maybe he had convictions of conscience. I believe that he will not be mobilized involuntarily yet,” Grebenyuk said.
What can be checked after receiving a summons to clarify credentials:
official documents: passport, SNILS, NIF; information on the state of health of a citizen: documents and medical certificates that may affect the fitness category; information on civil status: marriage or divorce certificate, birth certificates of children; information on the state of health of relatives, for example medical documents confirming the disability of a relative.
“That is, such factors are clarified which can then hinder mobilization – the military registration and enlistment office verifies the mobilization resources and the quality of these mobilization resources and can form a kind of list for himself in case the resumption of mobilization activities is announced .In case of non-appearance under such a summons, there is an administrative liability of 500 rubles to 3,000 rubles, ”added Mikhail Grebenyuk.
Whether the military registration and enlistment office can designate a medical examination during the clarification of credentials, according to the lawyer, is debatable.
“I believe they have no right to conduct a medical examination until events are announced specifically for the call to action. But there is no consensus here, because there is a lot of loopholes in the legislation. If we proceed from the analogy with conscription for military service, then only within the framework of conscription for military service can a medical examination be carried out, it cannot not be done in advance. But there is no unequivocal answer here,” Grebenyuk concluded.
