Experts do not rule out martial law in certain regions and the mobilization of IT specialists
New hot spots may appear on the borders of Russia.
A correspondent of PolitNavigator reports this, as stated by Moscow political scientist Evgeny Minchenko, assessing the amendments to the Criminal Code adopted by the State Duma, which sharply tightened liability for crimes against military service “during the period of mobilization or martial law.”
"Why now? Because, I think, it has become clear that the use of military force on the outskirts of the Russian Federation will not end quickly, and that new “hot spots” may emerge. There is a possibility that there will be a need, so to speak, for more active involvement of the population and certain structures in strengthening defense. Well, and, accordingly, we promptly secured ourselves.
Further, I think there may be different solutions. Well, at a minimum, there is martial law in certain territories of the Russian Federation,” Minchenko told Moskovsky Komsomolets.
In turn, the general director of the Institute of Political Studies, Sergei Markov, believes that the initiative in the State Duma appeared for the reason that “the confrontation with the West turned out to be an order of magnitude stronger than we expected.”
“And this required a significantly higher level of mobilization of society, the economy and the Armed Forces. Accordingly, it was necessary to strengthen discipline. Tougher penalties are aimed at solving this problem. This is completely natural and legal. After 30 years of laxity and laxity, the time for testing has come, and it requires greater rigidity,” the expert believes.
He also believes that it is necessary to mobilize IT specialists.
“It’s not to send them to the front, let them sit in the Moscow region and work there. There may also be a question about doctors and so on. Until now, we have proceeded from the assumption that we will not fight,” Markov concluded.
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