Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed into law a law targeting military-age men who refuse to serve in the military, including conscripts and reserve personnel, as part of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine.
The law, approved this week by both houses of the Russian Parliament (Duma and Senate), prohibits those recruited by the Russian army from leaving the country from the time they receive the corresponding notification until they report to the recruitment center.
The Russians have two weeks to appear, from the written or electronic notification of the obligation to join the ranks.
In addition, if the interested party does not go to the contracting center within 20 days, the possibility of opening a business, driving a license, buying real estate or requesting a bank loan will be temporarily restricted.
The document also creates a unique electronic registry of men of military age, so that no one can present as an argument that they do not have proof of having received the letter in their personal account on the public services portal.
Although not a few Russians have unsubscribed from the aforementioned administrative website, the authors of the law have warned that deleting the account does not exempt them from attending.
That is why many Russians began this week to put property, real estate or cars in the names of their wives and other relatives.
The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, denied this week that the approval of this law paves the way for a second mobilization, although doubts persist.
Putin has already called up 300,000 reservists, and the point of the law on opening a new mobilization campaign remains secret.
In addition, the Russian Defense Ministry announced plans to increase the number of soldiers in the army to 1.5 million.
The military offensive launched on February 24, 2022 by Russia in Ukraine was justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security.
This offensive was condemned by the broader international community, which has responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing political and economic sanctions on Russia.
The UN presented as confirmed, since the beginning of the war, 8,490 dead civilians and 14,244 wounded, stressing that the figures are far from the real ones.
Source: TSF
