Partial mobilization completed in Moscow? the lawyer answers

The day before, Sergei Sobyanin announced the completion of partial mobilization in Moscow. Collection points for those mobilized on 17 October 2022 were closed, and the validity of the summons sent to their place of residence and workplace during the mobilization process expired.

The exact number of soldiers in Moscow is not known, but the mayor announced that a partial mobilization plan has been implemented in the region. And about whether it is finally completed and whether it is possible to take new action in the capital within the framework of the first wave, answers Ilya Borovkov, a lawyer at the Law Firm of Koblev and Partners.

Ilya Borovkov, lawyer of the law firm Koblev & Partners

Will Sergei Sobyanin be able to complete his mobilization in Moscow?

The Mayor of Moscow, like other heads of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, does not have the legislative power to complete the mobilization.

First, in accordance with paragraph 8 of the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 21, 2022 N 64 “On the declaration of partial mobilization in the Russian Federation”, heads of subjects “To ensure the conscription of citizens for mobilization in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the amount and time determined by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for each subject of the Russian Federation”.

At the very beginning of the mobilization, Rear Admiral Vladimir Tsimlyansky, representative of the Main Organization and Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, said: “Depending on the volume of the available mobilization manpower reserve, each subject of the Russian Federation is assigned a separate task for the provision of mobilization resources. Of course, the task of mobilization for the constituent entity of the Russian Federation depends on the number of citizens registered in the military commissariat “.

In this context, it is more legally correct to say that we are not talking about the completion of the mobilization, but the fulfillment of the tasks set by the Ministry of Defense for the supply of a certain mobilization resource. subject of the Russian Federation.

It would seem that the Mayor of Moscow had exactly this in mind as the head of the draft commission of a subject of the Russian Federation (clause 3.1, article 20 of the Federal Law of February 26, 1997 N 31-FZ “On mobilization, education and mobilization in the Russian Federation”).

Is a new recruiting group possible in Moscow?

To continue the recruitment of mobilization resource in Moscow, a separate decree of the President of the Russian Federation or the Mayor of Moscow is not required. Just a new assignment from the Ministry of Defense will suffice, and it will have to be done without any additional conditions.