The State Duma introduced new amendments to the law “On military service and military service” regarding the right of conscripts to appeal against the decision (result) of the conscription commission. The current regulation does not include a system to suspend conscription at the time of litigation, but this may be remedied in the near future. About This Life said First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Alexei Zhuravlev
He noted that the new changes will make it possible to challenge conscription in court in case of non-compliance for health reasons or in connection with family problems.
“Everyone should have the opportunity to challenge the commission’s findings in court, and if this requires changes in legislation, we will accept them,” said Zhuravlev.
Also, in his opinion, the creation of a joint unified register of persons responsible for military service will help to solve this problem.
“This resource should work automatically, not only collect information about a person’s work and marital status, interact with tax and registry databases, but also collect data on a citizen’s health directly from the system of medical institutions. This approach effectively eliminates errors both in determining whether the enlisted person is truly ill or not, and in his or her military service situation.”
Previously, the Russian Ministry of Defense published Draft amendment to the compulsory military service regulation for military service. The explanatory note to the document states that the military commissariats of the municipalities will create electronic personal files of conscripts based on data from government information sources and systems.