The State Duma adopted a law on volunteer formations in the Russian Guard

State Duma deputies, in the third reading, adopted a package of amendments that allow the creation of volunteer formations as part of the Russian Guard, as well as conscription service in the FSB, including the Border Service. The amendments are posted in database State Duma.

The amendments introduce changes to the law “On Military Duty and Military Service”. According to the package of amendments, volunteers in the Russian Guard will have the same rights as volunteers in the Ministry of Defense: for example, they will be exempt from paying personal income tax and state duties, and criminal and administrative liability will be provided for discrediting them. The Russian Guard will be responsible for their salary, but it should not be lower than the salary of contract military personnel in a similar position. Their families will be given the same guarantees as military families under the Ministry of Defense.

One of the authors of the amendments, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Alexander Khinshtein, said that the laws do not provide for the inclusion of other organizations in the volunteer formations of the Russian Guard. Thus, contracts will be concluded directly with citizens. The deputy also said that the amendments are not related to reports about the inclusion of former units of the Wagner PMC into the Russian Guard.

“Our initiatives are due to the active participation of the Russian Guard in the Northern Military District and the implementation of tasks similar to the functionality of the Ministry of Defense. Today, members of the Russian Guard not only conduct military operations, ensure martial law in new regions and the legal regime of the CTO, but also assist in protecting the state border, participate in territorial defense, and in the fight against terrorism,” said the deputy.

The law also allows for military service in the FSB Border Service. The exceptions are foreign agents, holders of foreign citizenship or a residence permit in another country, citizens with an outstanding or expunged criminal record, as well as drug users. Conscripts were allowed to serve in the FSB agencies under contract back in October last year.

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Anastasia Larina