Bill on criminal liability for people dodging mobilisation drafted in Russia
“There’s just a gap in the legislature. The thing is that there’s only liability for dodging the compulsory military service draft currently stipulated in the existing article 328 of the Criminal Code of Russia. After 1941, we have not had a mobilisation for people in the army reserve. And the existing law does not apply to people in the army reserve. But during mobilisation, it’s the people from the reserve who get drafted, and there’s no criminal liability for them [in the article],” Valeev explains.
He thinks that dodgers should bear the same responsibility during compulsory military service draft and mobilisation.
On 28 October, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu briefed Putin on the end of “partial” mobilisation in Russia. According to Shoigu, “the target quota of 300,000 people has been reached; no other mobilisation targets are planned”.
On 31 October, Russia’s General Staff of the Armed Forces sent out instructions to the commanders of military districts and the commander of the North Fleet to report the completion of “partial mobilisation” activities before 1 November. On the same day, Vladimir Putin said that mobilisation was over.
However, an official presidential decree about the end of mobilisation has not yet been signed.
