MOSCOW. May 31 (Interfax) - A bill that allows citizens recognized as fit for military service with restrictions to serve in the army under contract has been submitted to the State Duma.
The same applies to people with convictions who want to become contract servicemen.
This concerns periods of mobilization, martial law and wartime, the bill says.
The corresponding bill was published in the database of legislative activities of the Russian parliament on Wednesday. The authors of the document are State Duma Defense Committee head Andrei Kartapolov and his first deputy Andrei Krasov.
Under the document, citizens found fit for military service with restrictions can serve under contract if they have no illnesses included in the Russian Defense Ministry's list.
According to the memo, "a considerable number of citizens who want to become contract servicemen with whom contracts cannot be signed have been found."
"In particular, such citizens include citizens who have convictions. The Russian legislation currently envisages the possibility of calling up said category of citizens for military service under mobilization, with the exception of those who have committed sexual crimes, people convicted for terrorism, high treason, espionage, and other grave and especially grave crimes," it said.
The authors suggest applying the same approach in the period of mobilization, during martial law and during wartime and on citizens who have convictions and want to become contract servicemen.
The age limit for contract service in these periods for people with military ranks of senior officers to colonel-general and admiral is 70 years, and the age limit for people with other military ranks is 65 years, the bill said.