The first law signed by Putin allows accordingly the Meduza portal in times of movement or war, to conclude contracts for the performance of military service with defendants that the court hears in the first instance cases.
On the basis of the second law, defendants can be released from criminal liability if they enter military service on the basis of a transfer or a contract signed by the Ministry of Defense.
Photo: Alexei Alexandrov, CTK/AP
Russian troops are throwing Ukrainian positions from the Donetsk region.
Until now, only prisoners were recruited in Russia for the war against Ukraine. First, they were pardoned after six months of war, later, after the same period, the unconditional sentence was changed to a conditional sentence.
As expected, 20,000 of the approximately 60,000 defenders were expected to “register” for the war. This represents about a hundred people from each of the 210 Russian remand prisons. According to the portal, criminal investigators and investigators will also be involved in recruiting defendants.
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In May, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi signed a law allowing people convicted of minor crimes to join the armed forces and fight against the Russians.
Ukrainian law limits the options available for prisoners to serve in the army. For example, it prohibits the transfer of those convicted of serious crimes, such as murder or rape, or crimes against national security. No one can have more than three years left on their sentence.
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