The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill for the release of responsibility for the accused, called up for military service, writes the BBC.
Furthermore, a draft law on the possibility for accused persons to conclude a contract at the stage of judicial proceedings was adopted in the first reading. At the end of August, the Supreme Court of Russia submitted to the State Duma a bill that allows even those whose cases are being considered in court, and not only at the preliminary investigation stage, to be sent to war in Ukraine.
The amendments proposed by the Supreme Court are explained by the existing contradictory practice.
Now, according to the law, if a person goes to war after the conclusion of the investigation, but before the sentence, then his case should not be closed. In fact, he only gets a reprieve from continuing the process, not a "reset" of responsibility for his actions.