Peskov knows nothing about the distribution of subpoenas to the military enlistment office in Moscow universities

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that he had no information about the distribution of subpoenas to the military registration and enlistment offices for students of Moscow universities. Yesterday, April 20, in the group chat of the hostel DAS Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov in Moscow, one of the students published a photograph of the agenda of the military enlistment office of the Akademichesky district of the South-Western administrative district, which obliges to appear at the military registration and enlistment office on April 24 or 25 for events “related to conscription for military service.” Kommersant saw the correspondence. Mr. Peskov stressed that there is no talk of mobilization in the Kremlin.

“You know, I can’t comment yet, I, frankly, for the first time about this (distribution of subpoenas in Moscow universities.— “b”) hear. But I repeat once again: there is no talk in the Kremlin about some kind of wave of mobilization there,” the press secretary replied to the journalist’s request to comment on the information in the media about the distribution of agendas to students in Moscow.

The press secretary recalled that Russia is working to “improve and digitalize” the entire system of military registration and enlistment offices related to the “constitutional obligation of Russian citizens to do military service.”

Earlier, a number of Telegram channels stated, citing anonymous sources, that subpoenas to the military registration and enlistment offices are distributed in the dormitories of Moscow State University, MISIS and RSU. Kosygin.

April 14 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that provides for the creation of a unified register of military records and allows notifying conscripts using electronic summonses. Head of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrey Kartapolov assuredthat the law on electronic subpoenas will not affect the current spring call.

April 17, after the remark of the military commissioner of Moscow about the start of the test for sending subpoenas through the State Services and SMS of the Ministry of Digital Development reportedthat there are no legal grounds for such actions now. The adopted law does not specify the ways of sending electronic notifications: they should be established by a separate act by the government, the ministry stressed.

Read more about the new law in the publication “Kommersant” “Don’t think about agendas”.

Erdni Kagaltynov