The State Duma adopted in the first reading the law on the responsibility of volunteers for crimes

During the plenary session, the State Duma of Russia adopted in the first reading billimplying criminal liability for volunteer units in the event of committing certain crimes against military service.

The corresponding document was introduced by a group of deputies led by the chairman of the defense committee Andrei Kartapolov. It is proposed to amend the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes.

It is clarified that volunteers will be subject to criminal liability in case of failure to comply with an order, resistance to a superior or coercion of him to violate the duties of military service, unauthorized abandonment of a military unit, etc.

It is noted that we are talking about crimes that were committed during the period of mobilization or martial law, wartime or conditions of armed conflict.