Chairman of Russia’s parliament: persons liable to draft may not leave place of residence without permission; MoD denies

Russia’s law bans people liable for draft from leaving their place of residence, says Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the country’s State Duma.

He made reference to Russia’s law on mobilisation which requires people to receive a special permission from a local conscription office in order to leave their area of residence.

“We have it in our laws, and all people liable to military service must follow it,” Volodin said, adding that people “may be receiving controversial information from various web resources.”