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“It is better to reject the rhetoric of conscription than to die as war criminals in a foreign land,” Zelensky said, adding: “Escaping criminal mobilization is better than being paralyzed and then sentenced in court than participating in a war of aggression. . “
“It is better to surrender to the Ukrainian army than to be killed by the blows of our weapons, fair strikes from Ukraine, which is defending itself in this war,” he continued addressing the Russian citizens.
The Russian president has signed Vladimir PutinSaturday, the law on amendments to the Russian Criminal Code, which requires that the periods of mobilization and the state of war and its time be considered aggravating circumstances in the event of a crime committed during the same.
The amendments to the law provide for an increase in the penalty for abusive exit from a military body, up to ten years of imprisonment, pursuant to Article 337 of the Criminal Code, as well as for non-compliance with the order of its commander in time of war. by the director, and refusal to participate in acts of war or hostility, pursuant to article 332. “In the time or period of a state of war, or in conditions of armed conflict or conduct of hostilities”.
The law holds the reserve personnel and those called to military training, as well as agents and contractors on compulsory service, criminally responsible for the absence or defection.
(AFP, The New Arab)
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