Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] 1. Referendums will be held from 23 to 27 September in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
2. Referendums will be held both in-person and in absentia (with door-to-door visits) for security reasons.
3. After the referenda, all territories will apply for membership in the Russian Federation, which will be considered as a matter of priority.
4. After consideration of applications, all territories will become part of the Russian Federation - de facto, 4 new subjects of the Russian Federation.
5. DPR and LPR retain their names and flags. It is not yet clear by region. Zaporizhia is proposed to be called the Zaporozhye region.
6. According to sociological surveys, one can count on 70-85% for joining the Russian Federation, with an average turnout of 65-75%.
7. The USA, NATO and Germany have declared that they do not recognize the results of the referendums. In Ukraine, they immediately became hysterical that holding referendums would cross out the slightest chance of negotiations.
8. The war in Ukraine, of course, will not stop, but now it will have a qualitatively different context. Today, he is waiting for the announcement of specific measures to modernize the NWO.
"During the period of mobilization or wartime..."
[ColonelCassad] The State Duma is preparing a package of amendments related to tightening the screws on issues of mobilization, martial law and the actions of soldiers at the front.
The State Duma introduces the concept of “mobilization”, “martial law” and “wartime” into the Criminal Code. The amendments introduce a whole set of new articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: “Voluntary surrender” (Article 352.1) and “Looting” (Article 356.1). For surrender, one faces from three to 10 years in prison, if there are no signs of high treason. For looting - up to 15 years in prison.
The list of aggravating circumstances includes the commission of a crime “during the period of mobilization or martial law, in wartime” (Article 63).
Unauthorized abandonment of a unit during the period of mobilization and martial law (Article 337 of the Criminal Code) will be punished more severely:
- from two to 10 days - up to 5 years in prison, and not up to one year
- from 10 to one month - up to 7 years in prison, and up to three years old
- more than a month - from 5 to 10 years in a colony, and not up to five years.
They also came for the refuseniks. Non-fulfillment by a subordinate of an order of a superior given in the prescribed manner, during a period of martial law, in wartime or in conditions of an armed conflict or combat operations, as well as refusal to participate in military or hostilities, is proposed to be punished with imprisonment for a term of two to three years ( Part 2.1 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code).
A group of articles on non-execution of the state defense order and violation of the terms of the state contract is also introduced (articles 201.2, 201.3, 285.5, 285.6 of the Criminal Code).
The second reading of the bill is scheduled today. The State Duma can adopt it simultaneously in the third, final one. By analogy with the package of laws on military censorship, it can be approved by the Federation Council, signed by the president and published before the end of the day.
The amendments were introduced by State Duma deputies D.F. Vyatkin, E.A. Valeev, V.I. Piskarev, A.V. Kartapolov, L.E. Slutsky, O.A. Nilov, V.A. Davankov, V.I. Sobolev, N.V. Kolomeitsev, as well as senators A.A. Klishas and O.F. Kovitidi.
The bill comes into force from the day of its official publication.