Russia may offer digital recall

In practical terms, a motion means that a subpoena is sent to a digital mailbox on a digital reference platform and the subpoena is considered received the moment it is sent and reaches the mailbox.

Today, the order is actually sent and has to be received in person, meaning that the recall order can be kept at a distance thus avoiding a recall. Nor did the authorities always control whether people lived at the registered address.

When or if the new law is passed, those who have been summoned will be prohibited from leaving Russia if they do not appear as warrant. In addition, their driver’s license is revoked and they are prohibited from selling property.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says digitization will make the process more efficient, but the change in the law has nothing to do with a possible imminent mobilization.

The State Duma, Russia’s lower house, voted unanimously on the bill, which must be approved by the Senate and approved by President Vladimir Putin to become law.

Last September, Russia carried out what Vladimir Putin called “partial mobilization” and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that 300,000 reservists would be called up. It was said that all Russian men under the age of 60 could enlist, regardless of previous military experience.

In the first week after the mobilization order alone, more than 200,000 people were reported to have fled to Georgia, Kazakhstan and various European Union countries.