SVO participants will start counting the time spent in the war as the length of municipal service.
The State Duma approved in first reading a bill according to which in Russia military service will be considered municipal service. The change will allow returning participants in the war in Ukraine to apply for positions in the local government, including chiefs of staff, deputy chiefs or prime ministers.
The bill will help SVO veterans "be in demand" and "develop their small homeland" through positions at the government level close to citizens, the initiators of the amendment explained their plan. "Veterans of a special military operation have unique experience, they know how to make decisions in stressful situations, work in a team, and of course, all of this will be in demand at work in the local governments," said Daria Lantrova in the report Daria Lantrova, one of the authors, Deputy Duma on behalf of United Russia, Deputy Head of the Committee on Labor Affairs, Social Policy and Veterans.
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