Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Russian murderers, rapists and pedophiles are effectively being offered the chance to commit a crime and escape punishment if they sign a military contract before they go to court. The Russian police are also receiving bonuses for sending detainees to join the army. ⬇️

2/ 'Mobilisation News' reports that leaflets are being distributed at bus stops in Russia's Novosibirsk region. They emphasise that one can avoid responsibility for crimes and earn a bonus payment of 2 million rubles ($25,000) by joining the army.

3/ The leaflet reads:

"After signing a contract for military service in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation by a person suspected or accused of committing a crime, criminal prosecution is suspended on the basis of a request from the command of the military unit."

4/ "A person against whom criminal proceedings have been suspended who, during the mobilisation period, concluded a contract for military service in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, is

RELEASED FROM CRIMINAL LIABILITY

5/ • from the date of receiving a state award;
• from the day of discharge from military service;
• upon reaching the age limit;
• for health reasons;
• due to the end of the mobilisation period.

6/ Federal Law No. 64-FZ of 03/23/2024 "On Amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation"

7/ AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CONTRACT

One-time cash payment from 1.07.2025 to 30.09.2025 - 2,000,000 from the budget of the Novosibirsk region

Monthly allowance from 210,000 rubles

8/ "Cash payments for the first year of service include one-time insurance payments for state life and health insurance from 3,500,000 rubles"

Most offences are excused if a contract is signed, including murder, rape, and pedophilia. Terrorism and treason are excluded.

9/ Verstka reports that the initiative has been a significant success, with 12% of detainees signing contracts to avoid going to trial. It has been aided by the police being paid bonuses of between 10,000-100,000 rubles ($125-$1,250) to persuade detainees to do so.

10/ Inevitably, this has led to abuses and efforts to 'cleanse' the marginalised and vulnerable from police districts. A policeman from Kaluga says that his district's police chief has ordered them to "Motivate antisocial elements to serve under contract".

11/ In practice, this means that the police are sending drug addicts, alcoholics and the homeless to fight, despite their obvious unsuitability for military service. Many are seriously ill. The Kaluga officer says that he recruited "guys who have everything really bad in life."

12/ "They would have died within a year anyway. They were either drunk as hell or on drugs, they were all registered anyway ... Then they started paying bonuses [to us]. We use this as a tool to get rid of unpleasant elements who spoil our statistics.

13/ "Two full-time district officers leave every month [with] 12–15 people in total."

"Bro, you're already in a bad way, you just smoked salts [amphetimines], maybe you'll at least die for your country?", is how the officer successfully pitched military service to one man.

14/ The very generous scale of the bonuses compared to police salaries leads to corrupt incentives. Police officers in St Petersburg, one of Russia's richest cities, earn 40-60,000 rubles ($500-750) a month but can earn 50,000 rubles ($625) from sending one detainee to the war.

15/ This has led to people being forced to join the army for trivial offences. An officer in Bryansk recalls how a homeless man was detained for picking up rotten vegetables lying on the ground near the counters in a market.

16/ "They wrote in the report that the man stole vegetables worth 5,000 rubles [$62], although the case file included photos of those few eggplants. There should have been two more bags worth 5,000.

17/ "Then they “interrogated” him several times, first gently hinting at the Special Military Operation, and then directly saying: Uncle, if you don’t want to go to jail, fuck off to Donbass."

18/ A common trick is to get alcoholics to sign contracts while they are drunk. "Our cops have been paid for a long time. They recruit drunks, take them straight to the medical commission, while they are out of their minds."

19/ "Such district police officers themselves should be sent to the assault squads! They don't give a damn that [the drunks] have families, as long as they get money for the person they brought in and signed the papers while in an insane state."

20/ There have been cases of people being forced to sign contracts through violence. In the city of Rossosh in November 2024, three police officers brought a local resident, Alexsey N., to the police station for petty hooliganism.

21/ They beat him for hours using a stun gun and demanded that he sign a military contract. He refused and was eventually released. Doctors subsequently recorded that he had suffered "multiple bruises, abrasions and thermal burns to various parts of the body."

22/ Meanwhile, victims of crimes get absolutely no redress. They cannot demand compensation from a suspect and civil suits will only be considered after the war, and only if the defendant is still alive then. /end

Sources:
🔹 t.me/mobilizationne…
🔹 verstka.media/kak-policeiski…