The Russian government has negatively approved the initiative to exempt from “partial” mobilization of citizens who did not complete military service at the time of its resolution, TASS reports.

The draft law on this matter was developed and submitted to the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament, by a deputy from the CPRF Mykhailo Matveev, who proposed a number of amendments to supplement the law “On Preparation and Conduct of Mobilization in the Russian Federation.”

The commission on legislative projects of the government of the Russian Federation, however, gave a negative conclusion to the initiative, reminding that “the protection of the Motherland is the duty and obligation of the citizens of the Russian Federation in accordance with the Constitution.”

“In order to ensure the deployment of troops (forces) in the event of a threat to the military security of the Russian Federation, the expansion of the list of categories of citizens who have the right under the legislation of the Russian Federation: to receive a deferment from conscription for military service upon mobilization is insufficient,” the document says.

The government commission headed by Prime Minister Mykhailo Mishustin also claims that the draft law will have several technical problems, citing the fact that its explanatory note lacks an impact analysis that would allow establishing the number of citizens who will benefit from this exemption.

Mobilization with song in Russia

At the moment, the categories of Russians who allegedly fall under the mobilization laws passed by Putin are not entirely clear, the head of the Kremlin himself assured in September of last year that only men with military training will be enrolled.

In a speech shortly after Putin announced a “partial mobilization” on September 21, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, in turn, said Russia was mobilizing “300,000 reservists” with military training.

However, many Russian recruits later complained on social media that they were recruited to be sent to fight in Ukraine, even if they did not complete military service or did not meet other criteria of Russian law.

At the end of March, Putin signed a decree on the start of the spring conscription for military service, summoning 147,000 Russians.

But this is a separate batch of conscripts than the one drafted for the war in Ukraine, since Russian legislation theoretically provides that they cannot be sent to the combat zone.

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