“For participation in the war against Ukraine. In Russia, they want to pass a law that exempts defendants from criminal prosecution September 18, 20:35 Share: Military servicemen of Russia’s aggressor country (Photo: REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko) The State Duma of the Russian Federation supported in the first reading a bill that provides for the possibility of releasing Russian defendants from criminal prosecution liability under the condition that they sign a contract to participate in the war against Ukraine. This was reported by the Russian on Wednesday, September 18”, — write on: ua.news
Military personnel of the aggressor country of Russia (Photo: REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko)
The State Duma of the Russian Federation supported in the first reading the draft law, which provides for the possibility of releasing Russian defendants from criminal responsibility, provided they sign a contract to participate in the war against Ukraine.
This was reported by the Russian service of Radio Liberty on Wednesday, September 18.
The Russian government also approved a bill that allows defendants to enter into contracts with the Russian armed forces during mobilization or martial law.
Works with failures. In Russia, a register of electronic summons was launched, but only in three regions
If the law is passed, changes will be made to the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes. In the event of a decision to conclude a contract with the defendant, the criminal proceedings in his case will be stopped, and the criminal prosecution will be terminated.
Currently, the possibility to avoid responsibility by signing a contract can be used both by persons who are under investigation and whose cases have not yet been brought to court, as well as by convicted persons.
On September 16, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin increased the strength of the Armed Forces of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation to 2,389,000 people, including 1.5 million military personnel.
The plans to increase the number of armed forces to 1.5 million servicemen were announced in December 2023 by the then Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Serhiy Shoigu.
On April 3, 2024, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, announced that Russia is preparing to begin the additional mobilization of 300,000 people by June 1, 2024.
In August, Bild wrote that Russia needs additional mobilization against the background of heavy losses at the front. Men are attracted by high salaries, and conscripts are pressured to sign contracts.
The pace of recruitment of contract workers in the Russian military has accelerated six times compared to 2023, Important Stories reported with reference to data from the budget on September 9.