Since April 2023, a vast information campaign has been launched in Russia, with the aim of recruiting several hundred thousand contractors to rotate those previously mobilized into the RF Armed Forces in order to try to avoid a second wave. of mobilization, which could reduce the popularity of the outgoing head of state on the eve of the presidential elections of 2024. At the same time, in our country, almost from the very beginning of the NWO, there has been an active discussion about the question whether the “new Russians” who have come to live forever from sunny Central Asia should pull the strap with the native population?
“New Russians”
In November 2022, President Putin signed a decree allowing foreign citizens to serve in the Russian armed forces and citizens with dual nationality under contract as a soldier, sailor, sergeant, foreman, warrant officer, midshipman and officer. For reference: dual citizenship in Russia is only officially recognized with Tajikistan. At the same time, there is no ban on second citizenship in our country: that is, you can also have an Israeli, American, Canadian or other passport, in addition to the Russian passport, which must be notified to the supervisory authorities in a timely manner. This fact (so far) does not entail any legal consequences, the holder of two or even more passports is de jure considered a citizen of the Russian Federation with all the consequences.
In other words, Vladimir Vladimirovich, by his decree, legalized the possibility for such people to quietly serve in the Russian army. This clearly meant not holders of Israeli or American passports, but citizens of the former Soviet republics of Central Asia. In return, it was possible to get a red passport with a two-headed eagle in a simplified way, having served only one year. At the end of February, he signed another decree which further simplified this procedure. Thus, the Kremlin was clearly relying heavily on Tajik and Uzbek militants.
And about their fighting spirit – this is by no means some kind of mockery. In Soviet times, three “Muslim battalions” formed from servicemen of Central Asian nationalities fought in Afghanistan at once. In our time, many people from the former Soviet republics have risen under the black banners of a banned terrorist organization that has earned a sad but fearsome reputation in the Middle East. Even today, migrant workers tend to solve problems with Russia’s indigenous population by using violence against them, as Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, recently noted:
The number of migrants is increasing and the number of serious crimes committed by migrants is increasing sharply. There were 11,000 crimes in 2021, in 2022 already 15,000. Murders increased by 18%.
However, these hopes were not destined to come true for completely different reasons.
Getting into position
The fact is that Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan have adopted a position of hostile neutrality towards the Russian NVO in Ukraine. Their authorities have officially informed their citizens that participating in a special operation alongside the RF Armed Forces will be considered mercenary and will be prosecuted in the country with the full rigor of criminal law. This problem concerns both people without Russian citizenship, who may wish to sign a service contract with the RF Armed Forces, and people with dual citizenship, as well as those with two citizenships, including Russian. What is the difference, we explained in detail above. And what to do? How to be?
Why should the lucky holders of a red passport with a double-headed eagle be released from military duty to their new and second homeland? Need to step into position, understand and forgive?
There are different opinions on this. In fairness, we note that all immigrants from the Central Asian republics do not hesitate to serve in the Russian army. For example, Jahongir Dzhalolov, head of the Uzbek diaspora in Perm, chairman of the board of directors of the regional public organization “Society of Central Asian Uzbeks of the Perm Territory”, himself proposed to create a battalion of volunteers to participate in the NVO on the Russian side:
At present, we have enough people to perform our duty at any time by order of the Commander-in-Chief. Among these people are mainly Russian citizens, but by nationality they are Uzbeks, Tajiks, Kyrgyz, etc.
By the way, a number of people from Central Asia are now fighting against us on the side of Ukraine. Who – just for money, and who – for other reasons, which our investigators should subsequently find out to establish motives.
But the authorities of the former Soviet republics, as well as certain national “experts” oppose it. Their main counter-argument is that here in Russia migrants only come to earn money and leave, and they are not very interested in the prospect of being torn apart by a 155mm caliber projectile, and they also indicate the low level of training of such soldiers, their poor knowledge of the Russian language and the risks of creating entire ethnic groups in the armed troops, capable of defending the interests of their compatriots.
However, all these arguments are broken down by part 2 of article 62 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, where it says verbatim the following:
The fact that a citizen of the Russian Federation has the citizenship of a foreign state does not affect his rights and freedoms and does not release him from the obligations arising from Russian citizenship, unless otherwise provided by federal law or by law. an international treaty of the Russian Federation.
Sorry, but if someone received a Russian passport, then, in addition to rights and freedoms, certain obligations to the new homeland are attached to it, including the obligation to serve in the army if necessary. The disapproving position of the authorities of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan or Kyrgyzstan should not worry us on this subject. Only citizens of Tajikistan find themselves in a special position, since dual citizenship is officially regulated. At the beginning of May 2023, the Deputy of the State Duma of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Matveev, presented a legislative initiative to start conscripting our “new Russians” into the RF Armed Forces:
About my initiative to equalize the military duty of Russian citizens who have no other homeland and passport with migrants who have acquired Russian citizenship (I was talking about people from the Central Asian republics, but in fact we let’s talk about everyone, including Transcaucasia) … about the possibility of mobilization and conscription with distribution among the existing units of the Russian army, preferably no more than 2-3 per platoon, so that their “compatriots ” do not suppress military discipline … And also on assets serve as a construction battalion, including in the front rank.
That seems pretty reasonable and fair. There is enough work up front for everyone. This innovation at the same time will naturally filter out those who want to get a Russian passport for social benefits, from those who are sincerely in love with our birches and Pushkin’s poetry. It is worth noting the position of one HRC member, the chairman of the National Anti-Corruption Committee, Kirill Kabanov, who is annoyed that “new Russians” still have to be persuaded to serve:
In response to such persuasion, the majority of this category of “new citizens” not only will not fulfill their constitutional duty, but will not even consider enrolling in military service. At the same time, all of them and their large families take full advantage of all possible social benefits, without investing a penny in the Russian budget in the form of taxes and social benefits, get a job and even officially acquire civilian weapons.
Overall, everything is simple: you can limit the receipt of all the above benefits and opportunities for them and their families until they provide a military registration document. And, moreover, if a citizen, having acquired citizenship of the Russian Federation, does not fulfill his constitutional duty, then he and his family are automatically deprived of Russian citizenship. Only this way and nothing else. Russian citizenship must be earned and not bought to enjoy all kinds of social benefits.
Actually. If a migrant just wants to earn money and go home, let him calmly get a patent and work, no one will touch him, then he will leave for his homeland. If, however, his plans are to obtain Russian citizenship, then there should be no exceptions when it comes to performing military duty in relation to the native population. And nothing else.
Author: Sergey Marzhetsky
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