MOSCOW. July 31 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill that tightens administrative liability for failing to appear at Russian military enlistment offices in due time, and for failing to help such offices in their mobilization efforts or to present lists of citizens that are subject to mobilization.
The new legislation was published on the official online database of legal information on Monday.
The law tightens liability for failure to submit lists of citizens subject to initial military registration to an enlistment office, commissariat, or another body responsible for military registration within the prescribed period. The fines will range from 40,000 to 50,000 rubles for officials and from 350,000 to 400,000 rubles for legal entities. The corresponding fines for officials now range from 1,000 to 3,000 rubles.
The law introduces liability for failure to notify citizens of having been summoned or having been served a draft card by an enlistment office or another body responsible for military registration, upon the issuance of such summonses (draft cards) by enlistment offices, including in electronic form, or failure to provide citizens with the opportunity to timely appear upon being summoned or receiving a draft card from the enlistment office or another body responsible for military registration. These deeds would be subject to an administrative fine ranging from 40,000 to 50,000 rubles for officials and from 350,000 to 400,000 rubles for legal entities.
The law amends Article 21.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, which penalizes officials failing to report information essential for military registration. In particular, failure by officials to submit or late submission of information on any citizen subject to military registration on their employment or admission to educational institutions, or their discharge from work or educational institutions, or citizens liable or obligated to be liable for military registration would be punishable with an administrative fine ranging from 40,000 to 50,000 rubles.
It also amends Article 21.5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, which penalizes individuals for failing to perform their military registration duties. In particular, a citizen failing to appear without a valid reason at the time and place indicated in an enlistment office's draft card or upon being summoned by a body responsible for military registration would face an administrative fine ranging from 40,000 to 50,000 rubles. At present, an individual failing to appear upon receiving a draft card can be fined from 500 to 3,000 rubles.
The new regulations also adjust liability of a citizen for failing to tell an enlistment office about his whereabouts.
In particular, if a citizen fails to report any change to their marital status, education, place of work, place of study, or their job title, or their relocation unconfirmed by any registration, to a military enlistment office or another body performing primary military registration will result in the citizen facing an administrative fine ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 rubles.
Whenever a citizen fails to report on his leaving Russia for more than six months, or entering Russia, or fails to appear at a military enlistment office within the period stipulated under federal laws whenever these events occur, the citizen will face an administrative fine ranging from 5,000 to 15,000 rubles.
The law also envisages penalties for any citizen liable for call-up for military service who fails to report on leaving their place of residence or place of stay during the period of the call-up for longer than three months, including whenever these facts are not confirmed by their registration at their place of residence or place of stay. Such an offence will entail a fine ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 rubles.
The law proposes increasing fines on individuals for evading a medical assessment or examination ordered by a military registration commission or a medical examination ordered by a draft commission. The current fines ranging from 500 to 3,000 rubles would be increased to 15,000-25,000 rubles respectively. Similarly, the bill increases the fines for the deliberate destruction or loss of military registration documents.
The amendments introduce a new article (19.38) to the Code of Administrative Offenses for failure to assist military enlistment offices in their mobilization work during a declared mobilization. In particular, failure to ensure the timely notification and appearance of any citizen subject to mobilization at gathering points or military garrisons, or failure to facilitate the organization of such notification and appearance would be subject to an administrative fine ranging from 60,000 to 80,000 rubles for officials and from 400,000 to 500,000 for legal entities. The same fines would apply for failure to organize or ensure the delivery of equipment to gathering points or military garrisons in line with mobilization plans.
Failure to perform military-transport mobilization duties stipulated by law would be subject to an official warning or an administrative fine ranging from 15,000 to 25,000 rubles for individuals, from 40,000 to 50,000 rubles for officials, and from 350,000 to 400,000 rubles for legal entities. Currently, these fines range from 300 to 500 rubles for individuals, from 500 to 1,000 rubles for officials, and from 10,000 to 20,000 rubles for legal entities.
The law will take effect on October 1, 2023.