Russia’s Defense Ministry may be granted the right to obtain all information from the Unified State Civil Registry. The authors of the initiative say the measure is needed to simplify social benefit payments for service members and their families.
If the bill is adopted, the ministry will be able to request electronic data on service members, civilian staff, former military personnel, and their relatives. On March 20, the draft was sent to the State Duma committee on family protection, which said it would review it as a priority. The bill must then pass three readings in the Duma, move to the Federation Council, and be signed by the president.
Lawmakers Andrey Kartapolov, Andrey Krasov, and other co-authors led by Nina Ostanina say the measure will speed up support for military personnel. The explanatory note also says the rule will help optimize military registration records.
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said soldiers, officers, and their families should receive all legally mandated support quickly and without unnecessary paperwork.
The proposal is being discussed alongside other recent changes to conscription law. In March, lawmakers introduced amendments under which a draft board decision challenged by a citizen could be suspended only by a court order. Lawyers from the rights project Call to Conscience say this makes judicial protection harder and increases risks for conscripts.
Earlier, in April 2025, Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing a conscription decision to be enforced for up to one year, and in December another law introduced year-round conscription procedures. At the same time, the actual dispatch of recruits remains on the прежний schedule: from April 1 to July 15 and from October 1 to December 31.