Three Russian professional publications — Business.ru, Glavbukh, and Rossiysky Nalogovy Kurier — published instructions in July for employers on managing military registration during mobilization, The Insider reported. The materials appeared even though no direct legislative changes to the institution of mobilization orders have been adopted over the past year.
On July 7, Business.ru released a text titled "Mobilization Order," aimed at owners of small and medium-sized businesses. It describes how to check employees' mobilization orders and monitor their compliance. Glavbukh published a piece on July 24, "Call-up Order During Mobilization," explaining how employers should manage mobilization records in 2026: it includes sample orders, notifications, and military registration cards. This is an updated copy of a publication from September 22, 2022 — the day after the mobilization decree. On July 27, Rossiysky Nalogovy Kurier issued an instruction with the same title, guiding HR and accounting staff on how to respond to summonses and mobilization orders of employees and notify military enlistment offices.
The publications detailed the mechanisms of liability for violating registration procedures. Business.ru lists fines: from 40,000 to 50,000 rubles for failing to notify the military enlistment office of the hiring or dismissal of a military-liable employee; from 40,000 to 50,000 rubles for an official and from 350,000 to 400,000 rubles for a legal entity if the company did not deliver a summons to an employee or did not create conditions for their appearance; from 60,000 to 80,000 rubles for an official and from 350,000 to 400,000 rubles for a legal entity if the employer facilitated an employee's evasion of mobilization. The total fine for violating military registration rules can reach 500,000 rubles.
Since spring, control over military registration in organizations has intensified: an order from the Prosecutor General's Office dated May 12 transferred primary oversight from military enlistment offices to the prosecutor's office. The agency can independently initiate inspections and control the entire registration system — from creating a military registration desk to assisting in delivering summonses.
On July 31, the publication Agentstvo reported an increase in vacancies related to military registration: more than 2,500 such listings have been posted on HeadHunter, with nearly 1,300 of them appearing in the last week.