The State Duma adopted a new batch of laws on benefits for participants in the NWO

The State Duma on Tuesday approved at once in the second and third readings several initiatives related to the special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine. After their entry into force, participants in the SVO will be able to enroll in universities under a separate quota, assign children to kindergartens as a priority, and avoid criminal liability for minor crimes committed before leaving for the front. In addition, prisoners will also be able to go to the front line with the prospect of paying off their criminal record. The proposal of the Communists in the latter case to take into account also the opinion of the victims was not supported by the deputies.

The Duma again discussed two documents concerning the participation of citizens with a criminal record in the SVO in one package. The first draft was submitted by the head of the Defense Committee Andrei Kartapolov and his deputy Andrei Krasov (both United Russia members). And their faction colleagues, Pavel Krasheninnikov, chairman of the Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation, and his first deputy, Irina Pankina, as well as Andrey Klishas, ​​head of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation, developed a draft law “On the Peculiarities of Criminal Responsibility of Persons Involved in a Special Military Operation “.

The first draft allows citizens with a criminal record to enter military service under a contract.

The exception will be persons convicted of rape, terrorism, treason, espionage and a number of other grave and especially grave crimes. In addition, contracts with the armed forces will be able to enter into persons recognized as partially fit for military service. The document also introduces a new age limit for military service for those who signed contracts during the period of mobilization, martial law or in wartime: for senior officers it will be 70 years (instead of 65 years), for those with other military ranks – 65 years ( instead of 50 years).

“It is proposed to expand the base for manning the armed forces during the period of mobilization, during the period of martial law and in wartime,” Andrey Kartapolov explained to the deputies the essence of the bill. No one had any questions, and after the adoption in the second reading, the deputies immediately approved it in the third – by 341 votes with 13 abstentions.

Then Irina Pankina made a presentation on the draft law on the criminal liability of participants in the SVO. Recall that, according to this document, citizens under investigation who have committed crimes of minor and medium gravity can be released from punishment, and those already serving time can be conditionally released if they are mobilized to participate in the SVO or enter into a contract for military service.

By amendments to the second reading, the authors introduced a number of exceptions: in particular, those under investigation or convicted under articles on incitement to extremism and terrorism, illegal acquisition and theft of nuclear materials and radioactive substances will not be able to avoid liability.

At the same time, exemption from liability and repayment of a criminal record will be possible only in connection with the receipt of a state award or after dismissal from military service on non-defamatory grounds (upon reaching the age limit, for health reasons, in connection with the end of the mobilization period, the abolition of martial law or the expiration of wartime ). Control over the behavior of such mobilized and contract soldiers will have to be carried out by the command of military units.

Ms. Pankina said that the authors of the bill received a proposal from the Supreme Court to amend the Criminal Code (CC) on the specifics of the application of responsibility for this category of persons.

Only the first deputy chairman of the State Construction Committee, Yuri Sinelshchikov (KPRF), found objections. He stated that criminal norms should be concentrated in the Criminal Code, and “the promise of the Supreme Court is not yet a law.” The communist approved the reduction to the second reading of the number of categories of persons subject to the bill, but called it insignificant. Also, Mr. Sinelshchikov recommended introducing the practice of taking into account the opinion of the victim when releasing a prisoner. However, the deputies, despite these objections, adopted the bill in the second and third readings: 347 parliamentarians voted in favor, 1 against, 14 abstained.

Also, in the second and third readings, amendments were approved on benefits for participants in the SVO and members of their families upon admission to higher educational institutions.

They will be able to enter universities within a separate quota based on the results of entrance exams. Military personnel who are already studying on a paid basis will be able to transfer to the budget in the next academic year. Similar measures will apply to the children of health workers who died during the coronavirus pandemic in the line of duty: they will be able to enter medical schools without exams.

Chairman of the Duma Committee on Science and Higher Education Sergei Kabyshev (“A Just Russia – For Truth”) spoke about the amendments to the second reading. One of them makes it possible for the participants of the SVO and their children to enroll in preparatory courses at universities at the expense of the budget. “In fact, this is a re-creation of the system of preparatory faculties that operated in Soviet times, or they were also called workers’ faculties,” the deputy explained. After the second reading, the bill was unanimously adopted in the third – by 409 votes.

Finally, the Duma approved amendments to the law “On the status of servicemen” introduced by a group of senators and deputies, including leaders of all factions, on the priority admission to schools and kindergartens of children of SVO members.

This right will extend to the children of volunteers, including adopted ones. For the second reading in the hall, an amendment was handed out by United Russia member Alexander Khinshtein, who proposed extending these norms to the children of National Guard employees who died while performing tasks during the SVO. As a result, the bill was approved unanimously by 402 votes.

Ksenia Veretennikova