Disciplinary arrest for gadgets is imposed for up to 10 days for one gross disciplinary offense
MOSCOW, July 31. /tass/. At the plenary session, the State Duma adopted a new version of the basic law, which establishes the specifics of the application and execution of disciplinary arrest against military personnel taking part in military operations. During the work on the document, the deputies clarified that such an arrest does not threaten fighters for using gadgets during their military operations to perform combat missions.
The draft basic law adopted in the third and final reading "On the specifics of the application and execution of disciplinary arrest in respect of military personnel participating in military operations" allows commanders of military units, heads of military police bodies or heads of garrisons to decide on the appointment of disciplinary arrest against male military personnel from among soldiers, sailors, sergeants, foremen, warrant officers and midshipmen for committing gross disciplinary misconduct. It is established that disciplinary arrest is imposed for up to 10 days for one gross disciplinary offense.
Such offenses, in particular, include violation of the prohibition to carry electronic products, devices and technical means "for household purposes, in which they can be stored or which allow using the Internet information and telecommunications network to distribute or provide audio, photo, video materials and geolocation data." At the same time, it is clarified that this norm "does not apply to military personnel and persons equated to them if these electronic products are used by them to perform their duties" in accordance with the procedure established by federal executive authorities or federal state bodies in which military service is provided."
As Andrei Kartapolov, head of the State Duma Defense Committee, noted in an interview with reporters, the innovation caused "serious and widespread discussion in society." "We have said many times and continue to say that those electronic devices, the so-called gadgets that are used in combat work, have not been withdrawn and will not be withdrawn, but since we see that concerns remain, today we proposed to our colleagues a special amendment that specifies and fixes this norm," he said Kartapolov.
List of misconduct
According to the document, a gross disciplinary offense will be considered a violation of the prohibition to provide the media or distribute information on the Internet about military personnel and citizens called up for military training, citizens discharged from military service, their family members or their parents, "including information that allows other persons to determine the location of these persons during a certain period." Disciplinary arrest will also be threatened for spreading information about the activities of military command and control bodies, military formations, associations, military units and other organizations that are part of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, including data on their deployment or redeployment, which do not relate to the information constituting the state secret.
Gross disciplinary offenses include, among other things, violation of the statutory rules of relations between military personnel, unauthorized abandonment of a military unit, evasion from performing military service duties, violation of the rules of service, destruction of military property, including through negligence, violation of the rules of handling weapons and ammunition. It is established that disciplinary arrest for several gross disciplinary offenses will be imposed by partially or completely adding up the terms of arrest. "In this case, the continuous period of stay of a serviceman under disciplinary arrest should not exceed 15 days," the document says.
The decision on the appointment of a disciplinary arrest will be made on the basis of written materials of the proceedings and the protocol on gross disciplinary misconduct. It is established that the trial period should not exceed two days from the day when the commander of the military unit, the head of the military police body or the head of the garrison became aware of the misconduct. The person who made the decision to impose disciplinary arrest on a serviceman must notify the military prosecutor within 24 hours.
