Duma wants to take tough action against "saboteurs" - Putin calls for faster rearmament
Created: 12/22/2022, 09:00
By: Franziska Schwarz
Photo from December 21: Gerasimov, Putin and Shoigu (from left) © Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin Pool/Imago
The penalties for "traitors" should be "as severe as possible," according to Moscow.
The news ticker on military events in the Ukraine war.
Tougher penalties
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"saboteurs"
: Duma deputies vote for law
Putin
sees
“no financial restrictions”
: Kremlin boss calls for faster rearmament
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Update from December 22, 8.44 a.m
.: Putin's armed forces are suffering from a lack of trainers for their recruits and are therefore now resorting "on a large scale" to help from the ally Belarus under Alexander Lukashenko.
This is the assessment of the British secret service in its most recent public update on the war in Ukraine.
The reason: many of the Russian trainers died in the battles in the Ukraine war or there.
The British secret service sees the development as an indication of how strained Putin's armed forces are currently in Russia's war against Ukraine.
Ukraine war current: sabotage and attacks on Russian soil
First report from December 22nd
: Moscow - In the past few months there have been a number of incidents in the Ukraine war, including explosions at important military bases and infrastructure facilities on Russian soil.
Moscow blames Ukraine for this.
Tougher penalties for 'saboteurs' in Ukrainian war - Duma deputies vote for law
The Russian lower house has now passed tougher penalties for "saboteurs".
A corresponding law had been passed by the deputies, the Duma announced on Wednesday (December 21).
The law provides for up to life imprisonment for domestic and foreign "saboteurs".
The new law should "protect our country and our citizens from threats of terrorism and sabotage," the Duma said.
Its chairman Vyacheslav Volodin also referred to the ongoing "special military operation" in Ukraine, as the Russian attack on the neighboring country is officially called in Russia.
The penalties for "saboteurs" should be "as severe as possible," he demanded.
The new law now has to be passed by the upper house and signed by President Vladimir Putin.
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Putin sees "no financial restrictions": Kremlin chief calls for faster rearmament
At an extended meeting of the Defense Ministry, Kremlin chief Putin also called for more speed in the upgrading and modernization of the armed forces.
There are "no financial restrictions" on further upgrading of the army, Putin said.
Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also proposed increasing the force by around 350,000 soldiers to 1.5 million men.
He also called for new units to be set up in north-west Russia on the border with potential new NATO states Sweden and Finland.
(AFP/frs)