Can draft dodgers who fled from mobilization from Russia abroad be returned by force, September 22, 2022 | e1.ru

According to Alexander Pervukhin, people are also worried about whether they can now leave the country.

– At the moment, there are no restrictions in the Sverdlovsk region, although in some other regions the heads have introduced travel restrictions.

There is a concept of extradition in international law (we are talking about the CSTO countries – it is unlikely that Interpol will return someone from Turkey, for example). Those who evade mobilization fall under criminal liability. Can our authorities demand the return of the evader?

– Extradition is possible in relation to persons against whom criminal cases have been initiated. But again, the big question is whether there will be a crime here. Those who go abroad are required to be removed from the military register. And if not deregistered, is this evasion or not? Another thing is that if a person received a summons and did not appear, there is a criminal offense here, which means that, in theory, extradition is possible. This is considered a crime against the state, and the Investigative Committee deals with such cases. Whether there will be enough resources to initiate cases and search for those who have left – I do not know. While there were simply no such cases, there were completely different conditions, but everything changes every day.

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