An administrative case was opened against the LEPSE electrical engineering plant in the Kirov region after it failed to provide the required number of employees for the mobilization manpower reserve tasked with protecting the facility from drone attacks. The report was published by Verstka.
According to the outlet, in late December 2025 the regional operational headquarters added the plant to a list of strategic facilities facing a high level of risk because of the threat of UAV strikes. After that, the plant’s management was instructed to meet a quota for the number of employees enrolled in the mobilization reserve.
By March 4, 2026, the factory had reportedly failed to meet the quota and had not submitted a full report on implementing the headquarters’ decision. In early June 2026, a magistrate’s court found the enterprise guilty of failing to comply and imposed a fine of 50,000 rubles.
On appeal, the plant’s lawyers said management had tried to persuade employees to join the reserve, but no volunteers were found. The district court rejected those arguments as insufficient, though it took the company’s actions into account and on June 18 terminated the case, ruling that the violation was insignificant.
Verstka says this is the first known case in Russia in which administrative proceedings were launched against a company because it failed to recruit enough workers into the mobilization manpower reserve. After the report was published, the full text of the court ruling was removed from the court’s website, leaving only the case card.
The outlet also noted that in November 2025, Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing citizens from the mobilization reserve to be called up for training aimed at protecting critically important facilities. In early July 2026, it also became known that Gazprom had signed a contract with the Defense Ministry to create mobile firing groups to patrol and protect gas supply facilities, Echo reported, citing internal company documents.