In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin holds a Security Council meeting via videoconference in Moscow on September 27, 2024. (Photo by SERGEY ILYIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
by James Meyers
OAN
October 2, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law measures that allow defendants in criminal cases to avoid prosecution if they join the country’s military.
The measures, whose enacted versions appeared on a Russian government website on Wednesday, come as Russia’s need for military manpower remains high in the more than two-year war in Ukraine.
Multiple reports claim that efforts have already begun to identify who among the thousands of defendants awaiting trial might be fit for military service, with “40% expected to be taken.”
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