What can threaten a person in the (military) reserve today if he ignores the agenda of the military commissariat, which calls him to undergo military training? If the person called up for military training did not receive a summons (declared not receiving) - did not sign in the corresponding column of the "named book of reservists", then the sanctions from the state can be called not just liberal, but simply ridiculous. Such a person expects a fine of (attention!) 500 rubles. In other words, for a person (well, speaking purely about irresponsible representatives of society), who is in reserve and called up for training, today it is enough to pay a fine of 500 rubles, announcing that he did not receive any summons, because he “temporarily” lives out of place registration, and "cut off" from fees.
A more severe punishment awaits a refusenik from going through fees, if he received such a summons from the military registration and enlistment office (officially). In this case, responsibility is defined as for a serviceman who evades the performance of official duties. It is clear that in this case, liability can also be criminal. However, so far in the judicial system of the Russian Federation there have been no precedents of criminal prosecution for evading military training. The fact is that the military commissariats representing the power departments (in the field) are not ready to enter into litigation - they are, as they say, more expensive for themselves.
How do the military commissars get out of the current situation with actual impunity for the "refuseniks" from going through military training? One could assume that there are only a few such ("mowers"), and all the rest are exclusively conscientious citizens, however, unfortunately, this is far from being the case. According to employees of military commissariats, they are "saved" by the fact that a small number of reservists (7-8 thousand) are involved in military training. The military registration and enlistment offices are able to provide such a number of reservists who came to the assembly points, however, here, too, the employees of the military registration and enlistment offices have to take certain measures. It turns out that only one out of 4-5 reservists can be classified as conscientious, and therefore, to attract reservists to go through the training camps, the number of summons sent out is 4-5 times higher than the required number of reservists. The military registration and enlistment offices operate, as they say, with a margin: if the "extra" come, they will simply be sent home.
For reference. The list of categories for which the law provides for exemption from military training:
Information about those who are exempt from fees:
1. Female citizens are exempt from military fees;
2. The following are also exempt from military fees:
a) citizens booked for public authorities, local governments and organizations for the period of mobilization and in wartime;
b) employees of the internal affairs bodies, the State Fire Service, institutions and bodies of the penitentiary system, bodies for control over the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and the customs authorities of the Russian Federation;
c) civilian personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, other troops, military formations and bodies, as well as internal affairs bodies, the State Fire Service, institutions and bodies of the penal system, bodies for control over the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and customs bodies of the Russian Federation;
d) flight and technical personnel, as well as workers and employees of aviation and railway transport who directly carry out and provide transportation or are engaged in the maintenance and repair of aircraft (helicopters), airfield equipment, rolling stock and railway transport devices;
e) the floating composition of the ships of the sea fleet, as well as the floating composition of the river fleet and the fleet of the fishing industry - during the navigation period;
f) citizens directly engaged in sowing and harvesting work - during the period of such work;
g) citizens who are teaching staff of educational institutions;
h) citizens studying full-time and part-time (evening) forms of education in educational institutions;
i) citizens studying by correspondence in educational institutions - for the period of examination and crediting sessions and writing a thesis;
j) citizens dismissed from military service - within two years from the date of transfer to the reserve;
k) citizens with three or more minor children;
l) citizens who have grounds for postponement of conscription for military service;
m) citizens staying outside the Russian Federation;
n) members of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, top officials of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (heads of the supreme executive bodies of state power of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation), citizens temporarily acting as the highest official of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation (head of the supreme executive body of state power of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation);
o) citizens nominated in the prescribed manner to the legislative (representative) bodies of state power of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation as candidates for the highest officials of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (heads of the supreme executive bodies of state power of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation) - before the decision is made to reject the submitted candidacy or to vest her powers of the highest official of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation (head of the supreme executive body of state power of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation);
p) citizens who have completed alternative civilian service.
The existing law states that those liable for military service can be involved in military training for up to 2 months, but not more than 12 months for the entire time they are in the reserve.
Realizing that a fine of 500 rubles for draft evaders from military training looks ridiculous, government agencies decided to take the path of toughening (nowadays fashionable word) sanctions.
So, according to the newspaper "Izvestia", the Ministry of Defense is proposing to introduce a new article of the Code of Administrative Offenses, which will be called "Evasion of conscription for military training." The initiative assumes that for evading a reservist from going through military training, he can expect a fine in the amount of 10 to 20 thousand rubles, and for persons who have entered into a so-called mobilization contract (a contract under which a person is supposed to be in a mobilization manpower reserve) - and up to 50 thousand rubles. The number of the mobilization human reserve of the RF Armed Forces, according to the latest data, does not exceed 9 thousand people.
10 and 20 thousand rubles is, of course, not 500 rubles, as it is today, but, of course, not the amounts that can really scare an irresponsible part of the reservists. But why, in this case, the emphasis is not put on the growth of fines to even more impressive values for the draft evaders? The reason is that, given the current state of affairs, a conscientious person, after receiving a summons, will come to the military commissariat himself, but an irresponsible person will not only ignore the fees, but also the fines that the court will “award” him with. In this regard, the Ministry of Defense is trying to find, so to speak, in this situation, a "golden mean" - the amount of the fine is not purely symbolic, but not falling like a stone on a person's shoulders.
Still, the main thing is not the fine. The main thing is that the Ministry of Defense wants to take the path of increasing the motivation of the population and providing full information. The military department is going to involve in the leadership of regional conscription campaigns (and in relation to reservists too) not ordinary representatives, namely the heads of local self-government bodies. We are talking about mayors and heads of regions (governors). In other words, the heads of municipalities and subjects of the federation are going to be attracted by the Ministry of Defense to increase the motivation of the population for military service (training camps) - whether it is an 18-year-old boy or a man who served a term 20 years ago. That is, not only representatives of the defense department, but also local authorities must inform citizens that during military training they retain the average salary at the place of their main job, plus a salary is paid for being in a military position, based on the material support of a contract soldier … In addition, the heads of municipalities and regions should increase motivation, doing everything so that the employer does not circumvent the law, but keeps jobs for reservists called up to go through the fees.
The Ministry of Defense paid special attention to the activities of regional authorities during the recent large-scale exercises Center-2015 and the preceding combat training exercises. As you know, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief set for the Ministry of Defense the task of establishing contact with the regional authorities in order to check the possibilities of ensuring mobilization. Official data on this segment of the exercises were presented very sparsely, but as far as it was possible to find out, the Ministry of Defense is not yet ready to give the representatives of the local authorities a satisfactory assessment for work "in a team" (for conducting exercises). Local authorities have a large field for action to eliminate errors and shortcomings.
Now the regional authorities will be more actively involved in mobilization work, and this front of work should also become one of the indicators of the effectiveness of local authorities.
