Press Release, 17.01.2023

Photo: Mobilisation. / Photo by Viktor Korotayev, Kommersant

The response of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation for Work with Appeals from Citizens and Organisations forwarded to to Yabloko’s MP in the Pskov regional parliament Artur Gaiduk and signed by the assistant I. Alexandrov, runs:

“On 28 October, 2022, the notification and call [to military service] of citizens in the reserve was completed, the military commissariats continue to recruit military units from citizens who expressed a desire to voluntarily participate in the special military operation, as well as citizens who wish to enter military service on a contract basis. The Decree of the President of the Russian Federation2022 No. 657 of September 21 “On the announcement of partial mobilisation in the Russian Federation” goes on to be in force”.

It should be noted that on 24 November, Artur Gaiduk sent an appeal to the President of Russia with a request to issue a decree on the completion of partial mobilisation.

Yabloko deputies from the parliaments of Moscow, Karelia, St. Petersburg and Novgorod sent similar appeals to the President.

It follows from the response to the appeal of Emilia Slabunova, MP in the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, that there will be no such decree, since there are no “legal grounds” for it.

The response to the appeal of MP Artur Gaiduk is the first document of the Presidential Administration since 28 October, which formally confirmed that the decree on partial mobilisation goes on to be in force, and gives a reference to the Russian Ministry of Defence. There was no such information in the answers sent by the Presidential Administration to other Yabloko deputies.

ARTUR GAIDUK

is a deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly, the Yabloko faction. Bureau member of the Pskov regional branch of Yabloko. Ambulabce doctor of the Pskov Ambulance Station