RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES HARSHER WARTIME PUNISHMENTS FOR SOLDIERS

Tue 20 September 2022:

On Tuesday, Russian lawmakers approved legislation that will make soldiers who desert or surrender in battle subject to harsher punishments.

Under the amendments endorsed by the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, there will be a 10-year prison sentence for desertion, failure to report for military service, and surrender.

Weapons destruction carries a maximum five-year sentence, whereas looting carries a 15-year prison sentence.

The amendments also introduce the concepts of mobilization, martial law, wartime, and armed conflict that were previously not mentioned in the Russian Criminal Code.

According to the bill, mobilization, martial law, wartime, and armed conflict will be considered as aggravating circumstances, and entail more severe punishments.

The legislation has to be passed by the Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, before it can be signed into law by President Vladimir Putin.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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