The authors of the bill believe that many fathers of three or more children would like to enlist in the army reserve A bill has been submitted to the State Duma that will allow fathers of large families to enroll in the combat mobilization reserve, also known as the LEOPARD - the country's Combat Army Reserve.
Now men with many children in Russia are exempt from conscription for military training, and even at their own request they cannot take part in them and join the LEOPARD. The deputies propose to clarify the category - only those fathers whose children are dependent will not be able to join the combat reserve.
The head of the Duma Defense Committee, Andrei Kartapolov, and several other State Duma deputies have submitted to the lower house of the Russian Parliament a bill proposing to allow Russians who have three or more children to enroll in the mobilization human reserve "if they wish." This is reported in the database of the State Duma.
Now fathers with many children in Russia are certainly exempt from conscription for military training and cannot sign a contract to stay in the army reserve. Although, according to the authors of the legislative initiative, many Russians from this category would like to join the reserve.
The bill also proposes to clarify the category of citizens exempt from military duties - the condition will be the presence of children dependent on their fathers.
In 2021, according to the presidential decree, a project was launched in the Russian Federation to form a mobilization human reserve. Another name of the project of the Ministry of Defense is the Combat Army Reserve of the Country (BARS).
Contract reservists are promised, in addition to salaries, simplified admission to military universities, career growth and acquisition of skills in driving combat vehicles, shooting from all types of weapons and qualified medical care.
The mobilization human reserve is designed to ensure the defense of the state and the solution of combat tasks when the general mobilization is announced by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief - the President of the Russian Federation.
According to the statements of the authorities, an officer will receive 100% of the salary amount (up to 50 thousand rubles, soldiers up to 35 thousand rubles) for 30 days of military training.
The BARS project has not been launched in all regions of the Russian Federation. On the website with information and contacts of military enlistment offices it appears that
Inclusion in the mobilization human reserve involves participation in monthly training and annual military training camps, lasting up to 30 days. Being in the reserve is paid for by a small monthly payment, as well as payment once a year - for the passage of fees. The amount of the payment depends on the region to which the reservist is assigned and his rank.
In the Russian Federation, mobilization has never been carried out, implying conscription for military service, as well as the transfer of the economy and authorities to "work in wartime conditions." All citizens of the country who are in the army reserve must appear at the assembly points within the time prescribed in the mobilization certificate.
Against the background of the Russian Armed Forces conducting a special military operation in Ukraine, the issue of mobilization in Russia has been repeatedly raised in the media. However, the authorities say that there is no need for this. In particular, this opinion was expressed on September 12 by the head of the Federation Council Commission for the protection of state sovereignty, Andrei Klimov.
He added that allegedly most of all the question about possible mobilization in Russia is asked by foreign journalists. "I think they have received an order and now they will constantly raise this topic through questions," Klimov said.
According to the member of the Federation Council, here we are talking "about the extent to which we can use the military means available to us." Klimov urged not to make "hasty conclusions" - according to him, the beginning of military mobilization in Russia "the opponents of the Russian Federation want martial law to be imposed and the people would begin to seethe"
According to Klimov, now we can only talk about "the mobilization of the state and society, the consolidation of society."
Ivan Zhukovsky
