The Duma Defense Committee did not support the idea of ​​exempting doctors of science and those who had not served in the military from mobilization.

As the author of the initiative and a member of parliament from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation reported on his Telegram channel Michael MatveyevThe State Duma Defense Committee concluded that "a citizen's possession of an academic degree is not the same as their direct participation" in research, and that scientists working in critical sectors can still receive a "reservation."

"In my draft legislation, I based it on the president's statement when announcing partial mobilization: that it is partial, and those with experience in the armed forces will be called up first. As for candidates and doctors of science, their conscription now, during the Soviet Military District, not the war, is unnecessary. — Matveyev explained. — [But] it turned out that there is no concept of "partial" mobilization in the law, and there won't be one, and the Ministry of Defense cannot limit itself in the future, and the time of mobilization means "military." The terminology is wrong."

Mikhail Matveyev clarifies that after the start of the war, “hundreds of thousands of citizens, including many scientists,” left the country. "And if we don't preserve those who remain, the crisis in science and education in Russia will be irreversible." - considers the deputy.

Recall Matveyev introduced a bill to the State Duma on granting a deferment from mobilization for scientists on October 25, 2022.

Earlier in the State Duma refused adopt a bill providing deferments for fathers of disabled children and the only sons of single parents. The initiative's author and chair of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women, and Children announced this on her Telegram channel. Nina Ostanina.