The State Duma, in a plenary session, immediately approved in second and third reading a bill on the financial responsibility of citizens in volunteer formations for causing damage to military property.
The document was presented to the State Duma in September last year by a group of deputies headed by the chairman of the committee. Andrei Kartapolov. The bill was adopted in the first reading in October 2023. The amendments complement the law “On the financial responsibility of military personnel.”
The bill approved in the first reading proposed to expand the concept of “military personnel” used in the law and understand it to include citizens serving in volunteer formations provided for by the “Defense” Law. In the second reading, the competent committee clarified the provisions of the bill, establishing that citizens serving in voluntary formations provided for by the “Defense” Law are responsible for damage to property in the same manner and amount as provided for military personnel performing their duties. military service under contract.
Therefore, if volunteers cause damage through negligence, they, like those providing services under contract, will bear financial responsibility for the amount of damage caused, but not more than one month’s salary and a monthly bonus for time of service. service. Volunteers are also subject to current regulations on full financial liability (in the amount of damage) for damages caused by theft, intentional destruction, damage, damage, illegal use of property or other intentional actions. According to the law, that financial responsibility today falls, among other things, on the recruited and contracted military. According to the law, the term for assuming financial responsibility is three years from the date of discovery of the damage.
The law is also supplemented by an article on the specifics of compensation for damage and making monetary deductions from the salaries of citizens staying in volunteer formations. It is established that to calculate the amount of compensation for damages, the full monthly salary is not used, as is established today for those who provide services under contract, but rather 50% of the volunteer’s salary for a calendar month. It is also clarified that 20% of the salary of a member of volunteer training will be withheld. If part of the funds has already been withheld from your salary, then the total amount of all deductions cannot exceed 50%, TASS reports.
