The Russian State Duma adopted in the second and third readings the bill submitted by the government of the Russian Federation, providing military personnel with the opportunity to conclude short-term contracts.
The need for the bill is caused by a change in the military-political situation, stated in the accompanying materials to the law. This will allow you to quickly resolve short-term, but important tasks, associated with participation in peacekeeping operations and the fight against terrorist and extremist organizations, noted in document.
The bill applies to conscripts and citizens, in stock, who have expressed a desire to conclude a military service contract.
The accompanying material explains, that now is the first contract with that, who is doing military service by conscription, or another citizen, entering this service, is concluded for a period of two or three years, and this rule applies to those with the military rank of a soldier, sailor, sergeant, foremen. they, who have the rank of ensign, midshipman or officer, according to the law, sign a contract for five years. The amendments adopted in the law allow the specified categories of military personnel to sign a contract for a period of six months to one year..
speech, including, is about military personnel, which are part of the crews of ships and submarines of the Navy. The accompanying materials provide data, according to which, out of the total number of those wishing to enter military service under a contract, about 20% expressed a desire to conclude contracts for shorter, what are they doing now, deadlines for participating in specific events or operations.
Making this kind of changes to the current law “will allow you to quickly staff military units and subunits with contract servicemen in a short time, including consolidated and non-standard, as well as to increase their combat effectiveness in times of emergency”, reported “Sheets”.
It should be added, that a number of experts consider this law to be the first step towards the legalization of private military companies in Russia (PMC).
