Tomorrow, April 11, the State Duma will consider amendments to the draft law on alerting conscripts. They provide for “provisional measures” after non-registration on the agenda, an equalization of paper and electronic summonses, as well as the creation of a digital database of military archives. This was announced on the air of the Russia 24 television channel by the head of the Duma defense committee, Andrei Kartapolov.
The bill in question was submitted to the State Duma for consideration in early 2018. Its first reading took place in April 2018, the second in February 2022, and the third was scheduled for March 2022, but instead, discussion of the document was postponed and returned to second reading. The decision to resubmit it for review was made in early April.
The bill provides for a change in the procedure for notification of appearance at the Military Registration and Enlistment Office for conscription for military service: for example, the authors proposed to send summonses by registered mail with notification at different addresses – residence (indicated in the military register database), work or study.
The new amendments, according to Kartapolov, imply the creation of a unified register of military registration on the basis of the state information resource. In addition, it is proposed to introduce new ways of distributing notices – by registered mail and in electronic form. These options will have legal force equivalent to “traditional notification methods” (subpoenas and paper notices through the employer). The amendments also provide for the introduction of “provisional measures” for those who evade the project.
“If a person does not receive a summons or pretends not to receive one, then he will be obliged to report voluntarily to the military commissariat within two weeks at the next summons. If he fails to do so, he will receive a notification digitally signed by the military commissar that travel restrictions are being introduced and further restrictive measures will follow,” Kartapolov warned.
According to him, in case of further failure to appear within 20 days, the authorities can block the ability to drive a vehicle, register an individual entrepreneur, take out loans, carry out real estate transactions and others.
Recently, a member of the Duma Defense Committee, Yuri Shvytkin, reported that delivering an electronic summons through state services would be equivalent to delivering a notice in person. On the same day, Gosuslugi disabled the account deletion feature. After that, Kartapolov said that “there is no subpoena through state services in the law. Andrey Klishas, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building, also noted that there is no rule of law that would allow quotes to be equated. to appear electronically to those delivered in person.
The lawyer, partner of the military ombudsman project, Maxim Grebenyuk, explained to The Eastern Herald that the electronic method of serving subpoenas is not against the law. However, in the event of non-appearance on a digital diary received, for example, through the intermediary of the State services, the responsibility is not provided for by the legislation in force, he noted.
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