Putin Signs Law Extending Fines Year-Round for Failure to Report 3-Month Moves to Military Enlistment Offices
The change deletes a conscription-period limitation to align enforcement with conscription conducted throughout the calendar year.
Overview
- The amendment updates Article 21.5 of the Administrative Offences Code by removing the phrase “during the period of conscription” from part 4.
- Liability will apply across the entire calendar year for not informing the enlistment office about leaving one’s registered residence for more than three months.
- Fines for this administrative offence are set at 10,000 to 20,000 rubles.
- President Vladimir Putin signed the law, and the text was posted on the official legal acts portal.
- The new provisions enter into force on January 1, 2026.