What you need to know about the order of mobilization in Russia – Picture of the Day – Kommersant

Russian President Vladimir Putin in an address to the people announced on partial mobilization in Russia. Citizens who have completed military service will be subject to the call. How this procedure goes – in the material “Kommersant”.

How is mobilization introduced

Mobilization in Russia introduced by presidential decree. It can be declared partial (in certain subjects of the Russian Federation) or complete (throughout the entire country). The decree prescribes the volume of mobilization, its procedure, terms and other conditions.

Mobilization is carried out in cases of aggression against Russia or an immediate threat of aggression and the emergence of armed conflicts, directed against the Russian Federation.

Subject to conscription for military service on mobilization are citizens in the reserve who are not eligible for deferment from mobilization.

Exists three ranks of stock, they depend on the age and military rank of the reserve:

– first category: soldiers, foremen, warrant officers and warrant officers – up to 35 years old, junior officers – up to 45 years old; senior officers – up to 65 years;

– second category: soldiers, foremen, warrant officers and warrant officers – up to 45 years old, junior officers – up to 50 years old; senior officers – up to 70 years;

– third category: soldiers, foremen, warrant officers and midshipmen – up to 50 years old, junior officers – up to 55 years old.

Citizens who are in the reserve and not called up for military service by mobilization, may be assigned to civilian positions armed forces.

Who is given a deferral for mobilization

Citizens are not subject to conscription for military service for mobilization, having an unexpunged or outstanding criminal record for committing a serious crime.

A deferment is also granted to citizens:

– booked in the manner determined by the government of the Russian Federation;

– recognized as temporarily unfit for military service for health reasons – for up to six months;

– engaged in constant care for the closest relatives (father, mother, wife, husband and others) who need constant care for health reasons or are disabled of group I, as well as for family members under the age of 16, in the absence of other persons, obliged by law to support the said citizens;

– having four or more dependent children (for women – one child);

– whose mothers, in addition to them, have four or more children under the age of eight years and bring them up without a husband;

– Senators and deputies of the State Duma.

What duties does mobilization impose on citizens?

– appear on the call of the military commissariats to determine their mission during the period of mobilization and in wartime;

– fulfill the requirements set out in the mobilization orders received by them, agendas and orders of the military commissariats;

– to provide in wartime, in order to ensure the defense of the country and the security of the state, buildings, structures, vehicles and other property that are in their ownership, with compensation by the state for the losses incurred by them.

Responsibility of citizens

On September 20, the State Duma immediately in the second and third readings unanimously accepted amendments that to the Criminal Code the concepts of “mobilization”, “martial law” and “wartime” were introduced.

For example, the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on aggravating circumstances (Article 63) introduced the commission of a crime “during the period of mobilization or martial law, in wartime or in conditions of an armed conflict or combat operations.”