MOSCOW. Sept 29 (Interfax-AVN) - The defense committee in the State Duma lower house of parliament has backed up the proposal of lawmakers Alexander Gurov and Anatoly Kulikov to exempt from active-duty service the children and brothers of deceased law-enforcement agencies personnel.
"The bill to this effect grants an exemption from active- duty service to the citizens who are sons or brothers of servicemen or officials with the interior departments and organizations, penitentiary system bodies, state-fire-fighting service elements, federal tax police bodies and customs agents who were killed on duty in military conflict zones or emergency situations areas, or who died of wounds, injuries, concussions or diseases that resulted from special operations in military conflict zones or emergency situations areas," committee chairman Andrei Nikolayev told Interfax-Military News Agency on Monday.
He recalled that the exemption is currently granted only to sons and brothers of servicemen with the Armed Forces who died on duty, persons who died while accomplishing missions during training sessions, and persons who died as a result of wounds, injuries, concussions or diseases that they got while being in service or while taking part in training sessions.
"We support the initiative of our colleagues and believe that this will restore social justice as far as close relatives of law-enforcement agencies personnel who died on duty during special operations in military conflict zones and emergency situations areas, because they accomplish their missions hand in hand with servicemen of the Armed Forces," Nikolayev stressed.