Deferral from the army for IT specialists in Russia

Main article: Benefits and support measures for IT companies in Russia

In case of violation of the mobilization procedure, you can write a letter to the Ministry of Digital Development to the address of the help@digital.gov.ru, attaching the entire package of documents. Colleagues in manual mode try to help.

Electronic agenda to the military registration and enlistment office

Main article: Electronic summons to the military registration and enlistment office

2024

Started accepting applications for IT deferment from military service

IT specialists can apply for a deferral from military service in the army in the autumn draft using the State Public services portal. Acceptance of applications started on July 24, 2024 will end on August 6.

The process of granting a deferral from military service to IT professionals has clear criteria. It can be claimed by male citizens of Russia aged 18 to 30 years, working under an employment contract. Candidates must have a higher education in the specialty from the approved list and work in accredited IT companies for at least 11 months during the year preceding the start date of the draft.

The requirement for experience does not apply to those who got a job within a year after graduation. The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of Russia is obliged to transfer information about candidates for deferment to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation until August 31, 2024. The final decision on each specialist will be made by a special commission from October 1 to December 31, 2024.

The State Duma refused to postpone mobilization for fathers with many children

The bill on granting deferment to fathers with many children did not receive the support of the majority of deputies. 90 parliamentarians voted for its adoption, mainly from the factions of the Communist Party and Fair Russia. Deputies from United Russia opposed this initiative.

First Deputy Chairman of the Defense Committee Andrei Krasov said that the primary task of a man is to protect the family, society and the state, and only then provide for the family. Nina Ostanina, in turn, expressed her intention to prepare a new version of the bill for consideration during the autumn session in 2024.

Acceptance of applications for IT deferment from military service will take place from January 22 to February 6

Employees of IT companies from January 22 to February 6, 2024 will be able through Public services to apply for a deferral from military service in the army as part of the spring draft of 2024. The Ministry of Digital Development announced this on January 18, 2024.

The employer will see the applications in his personal account on the portal and, if the employee's data is correct, will confirm them. If an employee does not have a personal account or does not send his data, then the organization will be able to add it to the list on its own.

What else you need to know

• the company will need to check the data of employees, confirm them and send lists to the Ministry of Digital Development by February 10 through Public services
• several lists can be sent from one organization as they are formed
• Ministry of Digital Development will transmit the information to the Ministry of Defense by March 2. From April 1 to July 15, the draft commission will make decisions on the postponement.

Criteria for inclusion of specialists in the lists:

• Russian citizenship, male
• age - from 18 to 30 years
• work under the employment contract, normal working day
• higher education in the specialty from the list
• work in accredited IT companies for at least 11 months during the year preceding the start date of the draft. The company must be accredited by February 10, 2024

The requirement for the period of work in an accredited IT company is not presented if a specialist got a job within a year after graduation.

The age of deferment from military service for IT specialists in Russia has been raised to 30 years

On January 1, 2024, a decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin came into force on raising the age of deferral from military service for IT specialists in Russia from 27 to 30 years.

As RIA Novosti reminds, in order to receive a deferral from military service, an IT specialist must be a citizen of the Russian Federation, work under an employment contract in an IT company for at least 11 months, and also have a higher education in a specialty from the list of those subject to the deferral. Otherwise, the employer must ensure that the specialist has taken a job within a year of graduation.

On January 1, 2024, a law on raising the draft age to 30 years came into force in Russia

In August 2024, the Ministry of Digital Development   of the Russian Federation announced that it was preparing an increase to 30 years in the age of deferral from conscription for IT specialists due to an increase in the draft age from January 1, 2024, and exemption from conscription for military service for employees of accredited IT companies is valid from 18 to 27 years.

Changes to the decree are planned to be made before the start of the spring draft of 2024, since the law on raising the upper limit of the draft age will come into force on January 1, 2024, explained the head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev.

According to Kommersant, cases of violations are recorded in Russia when employees of IT companies are forcibly drafted into the army, despite the postponement. Experts interviewed by the newspaper believe that the only way to avoid problems with conscription if there is an IT delay is not to change jobs until the end of the ongoing conscription. Also, experts advise, when changing jobs, to adjust the date of transition to a new company so that the new employer has time to submit documents for deferral within the terms stipulated by the current legislation. According to them, the safest periods of work change in the IT sphere are January 1 - February 19 and July 17 - August 11.^[1]

2023

Russian IT specialists are called up for military service, despite the current delay

In mid-October 2023, it became known that cases of conscription of employees of IT companies for military service in the army became more frequent in Russia, despite the delay provided for by law. At the same time, the greatest risks are observed when changing jobs.

According to the Kommersant newspaper, the facts of the delivery of subpoenas to IT specialists were recorded during the spring and autumn conscription of 2023. Errors arise due to "incorrect operation of the state system, to which documents were transferred by specialists of the human resources department, as well as bureaucratic delays." In particular, a case was noted when an employee of one of the Russian IT companies moved to another organization, but the new employer did not add him to the list of employees in time to grant a deferral. As a result, the employee received a summons, he arrived at the military registration and enlistment office and provided the draft commission with a certificate from a new place of work. However, "the commission decided to call a citizen to service. On the same day he was sent to the assembly point, and then to the military unit, where he is now. "

Experts say that in this situation, the military commissariats are not able to process all incoming documents in a timely manner. Errors can occur due to incorrect classification of employees, inaccurate data on military lists, and so on. IT professionals mistakenly called to military service are trying to challenge the decisions of the commissions through the courts, but such processes drag on for many months. The Ministry of Defense does not comment on the observed situation in any way, while the Ministry of Digital Development states that "there are no systemic problems with deferment from military service for IT specialists."

At the moment (by mid-October 2023) there are only a few cases. We solve them quickly in manual mode, - the department says.[2]

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is asking for a deferral from the army for employees of all electronic enterprises with government orders

At the end of August 2023, the Association of Developers and Manufacturers of Electronics (ARPE) sent a letter to the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, in which it asked to extend the deferral from conscription to all enterprises producing radio electronics for the state. Such a measure, according to the authors of the appeal, will help avoid the breakdown of government orders "in the context of a radical change in supply chains and an acute personnel shortage."

As the head of the ARPE Ivan Pokrovsky told CNews, by the beginning of September 2023, a deferral is provided for the register of Ministry of Digital Development IT companies and the register of the defense industry and trade ministry. It applies to narrow lists of organizations and does not cover most of the industry's enterprises, because many electronic industry companies are at the third or fourth level of cooperation in the chain of DOZ performers, the ARPE said.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is asking for a deferral from the army for employees of all electronic enterprises with government orders

Hundreds of companies were able to enter these registers, but many, also hundreds, could not enter or could not confirm the right to participate in the register, "said Pokrovsky.

The ARPE added that by the beginning of September 2023, the list of the most important specialties for the industry, which would be subject to the provision of a deferral, was not approved. At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and Trade sent a specific list of defense industry employees who will receive a deferral from the spring draft for military service in 2023 to the Ministry of Defense back in March 2023.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade told the publication that by the beginning of September 2023, the deferral from military conscription applies to leaders, specialists and workers who work in defense industry organizations and participate in the fulfillment of GOZ tasks. Now the ministry, on the basis of these two conditions, is forming a list of organizations whose employees are given the right to defer from conscription for mobilization. Also included in the lists were students who entered into an employment contract with defense industry organizations, while still studying.^[3]

Putin raised the age of deferral from military service for IT specialists to 30 years

The President Russia Vladimir Putin signed a decree that raised the age limit for deferral from military service for IT specialists from 27 to 30 years. The corresponding document on the official portal of legal acts was published on September 4, 2023. The decree comes into force on January 1, 2024.

In August 2023, Putin signed a law to increase the draft age from 27 to 30 years (the lower age limit for conscription - 18 years - has not changed). Following this, the head of the Ministry of Digital Science Maksut Shadayev said that the department is developing amendments that accordingly increase the age of deferral for IT specialists. Then he said that changes are expected before the spring draft of 2024.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

The head of the State Duma Defense Committee, Andrei Kartapolov, explained the refusal to raise the lower bar by the fact that "a lot of guys want to go to serve at the age of 18." According to the deputy, "this is the right of a citizen, so we have expanded the rights, but they have not been reduced in any way." In the autumn call of 2023, the age criteria remain the same - from 18 to 27 years.

To receive a deferral, an IT specialist must be a citizen of Russia of draft age, work under an employment contract in an accredited company for at least 11 months before the start date of the draft. At the same time, if an IT specialist got a job within a year after graduation, there are no requirements for his experience.

As previously reported, by August 11, 2023, accredited IT companies had to transfer to the Ministry of Digital Development of the lists of their employees for deferral from the autumn draft, which were to be sent to the Ministry of Defense by August 31, 2023. Deferral from conscription was granted to IT professionals during the spring and autumn conscription of 2022, as well as the spring conscription in 2023.

Presidential Decree of 04.09.2023 No. 660 On Amendments to the Regulation on the Procedure for Considering Citizenship of the Russian Federation, approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of November 14, 2002 No. 1325, and to Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of March 2, 2022 No. 83 "On measures to ensure the accelerated development of the IT industry in Russia

IT professionals without higher education in Russia will receive a deferral from military service

In early August 2023, it became known that Ministry of Digital Development he had applied Government of the Russian Federation to the proposal to provide a deferral from military service to IT specialists who have only secondary specialized education.

According to the Izvestia newspaper, the department also proposes to expand the list of university specialties for which a deferral from the army is provided. The Ministry of Digital Development speaks of incoming appeals from "the largest domestic IT companies" who complain about the lack of specialists in the market.

By the beginning of August 2023, the deferral from military service is valid only for IT employees with higher education. The government approved the corresponding procedure in March 2022, and in September of the same year, the Ministry of Digital Development distributed a list of priority specialties that fit the criteria for exemption from military service. The list includes approximately 200 IT and related specialties, "without which the development of solutions is impossible." However, in the current geopolitical environment and in the context of the ongoing digital transformation of enterprises, there is a need to expand this list.

This applies to both specialists with secondary vocational education and some specialists with higher specialized education, but who do not receive a deferral according to the rules adopted in 2022, the Ministry of Digital Development said in its documents.

The agency emphasizes that there are significant technical specialties that were not previously included in the list. At the same time, those who have mastered them have great IT competencies and perform critical functions in their companies. The issue of expanding the list of specialties is under consideration by the Ministry of Defense. If the defense structure supports it, the government will instruct to make appropriate changes to the postponement decree.

To receive a deferral, IT specialists must have Russian citizenship, age from 18 to 27 years, work under an employment contract in an IT company for at least 11 months from the date of the start of the next draft (the company itself must be accredited by August 11, 2023).^[4]

The Ministry of Digital Development Industry begins to accept applications from IT specialists for a delay from the spring draft

On January 19, 2023, the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation announced the acceptance of applications for a deferral from the spring draft to the army for IT specialists. As noted in the department, the rules for submitting applications for deferment from military service have been changed - now an employee of an IT company will be able to fill out information about himself.

From January 23 to February 6, 2023, IT specialists will be able to independently fill out an application for a deferral from the spring draft into the army through Public services

• Key criteria to be met by specialists:
• Russian citizenship, male sex;
• age - from 18 to 27 years;
• work under the employment contract;
• normal working hours;
• higher education in the specialty from the list of those subject to deferral
• work in accredited IT companies for at least 11 months between April 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023. The company must be accredited by February 9, 2023. If the employee's experience is less than 11 months, the employer must make sure that he has taken a job within a year after graduation.

The Ministry of Digital Development clarified that employees need to have time to submit applications from January 23 to February 6, 2023 through the State Public services portal, and the employer will see them in his personal account on the portal.

After that, companies by February 9, 2023 will have to check the data of employees, confirm them and send lists to the Ministry of Digital Development through Public services. There can be multiple lists from one organization.

If the employee does not have a personal account or did not send his data, then the organization can add it to the list on its own, the press service of the department said.

Ministry of Digital Development will transfer the lists to the Ministry of Defense until March 1, 2023. From April 1 to July 15, 2023, the draft commission will make decisions on the postponement, the ministry said.

After the start of the military special operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine and the announcement of partial mobilization, there was an outflow of IT specialists abroad. For their return, the Russian authorities regularly announce benefits. One of them is a reprieve from the army.

The Ministry of Digital Development is preparing a package of measures to return IT specialists who left Russia

On January 11, 2023, it became known about the measures that the Ministry of Digital Development is preparing to return the IT specialists who left Russia. They are planned to be adopted in the near future, writes Kommersant.

Among the proposals is a guaranteed reservation from conscription into the army. Market participants consider the most important measure to document the consolidation of armor, which has been declared since the spring of 2022.

Among possible measures, partial payment of "reverse relocation" is also being discussed, an increase in personal income tax from 13 to 30% for those who work from abroad, Alexei Smirnov, head of the board of directors of BASEALT, told the newspaper.

The Ministry of Digital Development is developing a package of measures to return IT specialists who left the Russian Federation

At the same time, the Ministry of Digital Development said that the department has a negative attitude towards proposals to ban remote work abroad or introduce barrage taxes, since this "will not help either the industry or the specialists themselves."

According to Smirnov, about 100,000 IT specialists work outside Russia by January 2023. In the event of an increase in personal income tax, either they quit, or the companies themselves will begin to open offices in other countries and re-register employees, he warned.

It is necessary, on the contrary, to reduce taxes, and not only for Russians, but also for foreign specialists. So it will be possible to attract additional labor, and from which country the employee works - it does not matter, "Smirnov believes.

Ivan Pokrovsky, executive director of the Association of Developers and Manufacturers of Electronics (ARPE), says that by January 11, 2023, the deferral from the army to IT specialists and employees of the military-industrial complex is still not legally fixed, so formally military registration and enlistment offices can still call such workers. According to Alexander Karpukhin, partner of Five Stones Consulting, "internal agreements between departments may change at any time," therefore, amendments to the Federal Law "On Mobilization Training and Mobilization in the Russian Federation" or a special decree of the President of the Russian Federation are needed.

Pokrovsky told the publication that in mid-December 2022, ARPE discussed the possibility of protecting key industry employees from conscription.^[5]

2022

256 thousand received a deferral from mobilization in Russia. IT specialists

In Russia, 256 thousand specialists from the field of information technology received a delay from partial mobilization. These data were announced during the discussion of the bill on granting deferment to fathers with many children in the State Duma at the end of July 2024.

Deputy Nina Ostanina cited statistics according to which, in addition to IT specialists, 170 thousand banking employees also received a delay. At the same time, 903 fathers with three or more children under 18 years old, as well as 100 fathers of disabled children, are located in the zone of special military operation.^[6]

source = Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, 834,224 people received the right to deferment. In addition to IT specialists, we are talking about employees:

• banking system - 170 thousand (20.4%),
• energy companies - 103.1 thousand (12.4%),
• agriculture - 54.5 thousand (6.5%),
• media - 43.7 thousand (5.2%),
• other areas - 206.9 thousand (24.8%).

According to Art. 18 of the Law "On Mobilization Training and Mobilization," they also have the right to:

• unfit for health;
• caring for sick close relatives or guardians of a minor sibling unless there are other people who are required to do so;
• citizens who depend on four or more children under 16 years of age, as well as raising one or more children of the same age without a mother;
• men whose wives are at least 22 weeks pregnant and who have children under the age of 16;
• single mothers with four or more children under eight;
• State Duma deputies and members of the Federation Council.

Also, students of full-time and part-time education, who for the first time receive secondary vocational and higher education, received a delay from partial mobilization.

Acceptance of applications for an additional list of IT specialists from the Ministry of Digital Development

On November 21, 2022, the Ministry of Digital Development announced that the department was accepting applications for an additional list of IT specialists for a deferral from conscription. Applications are accepted until November 23, 2022.

The ministry drew attention to the fact that the acceptance of applications for deferment from military service as part of the autumn draft has long been completed, but requests from IT companies with a request to grant deferment to employees continue to arrive.

The Ministry of Digital Development accepts applications for an additional list of IT specialists for deferral from conscription

In this regard, the Ministry of Digital Development decided to create an additional list for the Ministry of Defense, while the final decision on the postponement remains with the defense department.

"'If the organization has not applied

It is necessary to form a list of employees applying for a delay, sign with an enhanced qualified electronic signature (attach the.sig file) and send it to the Ministry of Digital Development by mail help@digital.gov.ru.

If the list was submitted, the employee meets the criteria, but the delay was still not given. The employee himself must send the sos@digital.gov.ru to the mail:

• FULL NAME;
• Company name;
• The number of the application on the Public services;
• The essence of the problem;
• Mobile phone for communication;
• Photo of the agenda (mandatory, without it, the application is not considered).

Initially, applications for deferment from service as part of the autumn draft were accepted from August 2 to 11. The autumn draft began in Russia on November 1, 2022, it will last until December 31. It is planned to draft 120 thousand people into the army. In 2022, the draft began a month later than usual.

On November 16, 2022, the application service for a deferral from mobilization was closed. According to the head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev, about 5 thousand specialists who received summons used the right to postpone. In addition, 65 erroneously mobilized specialists were returned from military units.^[7]

The Ministry of Digital Development told what to do to IT specialists who did not receive a deferral from the draft

The Ministry of Digital Development told what to do to IT specialists who did not receive a deferral from the draft. This became known on November 17, 2022.

The agency explained what to do for IT specialists who meet all the criteria, but did not receive a delay or made a mistake when filling out the application.

IT companies in August, using a special service on the Public services portal, could apply for a deferral from the army for their employees as part of the autumn draft. Some of the specialists may have received a refusal to grant a deferral due to errors in the documents or for other reasons.

The Ministry of Digital Development in the official Telegram channel told what to do if the IT specialist meets all the criteria, but did not receive a deferment^[8]this case, the IT specialist must send a message to help@digital.gov.ru, indicating the name of the company, the name of the company and the number of the application that the company submitted through the Public services.

If the company has filled out an application for a deferral from military service with an error, you need to send a message to the error@digital.gov.ru 's mail, indicating the name of the person in whose data the mistake was made, the name of the company and the number of the application.

If the company forgot to submit documents for a deferral or previous options did not work, you must write to the sos@digital.gov.ru, indicating the name, application number - if any, the name of the company.

The Ministry of Digital Science will send all the submitted applications to the Ministry of Digital Development. The department recalled that the decision to be included in the list for a deferral from the army remains with them.

The agency also noted that only appeals for urgent service should be sent to these addresses. Issues related to partial mobilization are no longer considered in connection with its completion^[9].

Close online service for IT applications to defer mobilization

On November 10, 2022, the Ministry of Digital Development announced the imminent closure of the online service for submitting applications for IT specialists for a deferral from mobilization. The corresponding form on the State Public services portal will be closed on November 16, 2022.

According to the head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev, from the end of September to the beginning of November 2022:

• 65 wrongly mobilized IT specialists after the intervention of the Ministry of Defense returned from military units;
• A few more cases remain, according to which the department by November 10, 2022 manually understands;
• About 5 thousand specialists who received summons exercised the right to deferment;
• More than 50% of all requests were received in the first week since the launch of the service on Public services.

Online service for submitting applications for IT specialists for a delay from mobilization will be closed on November 16

As part of this service, the employee himself can apply for a deferral, but it was necessary to attach to him a form of confirmation of his compliance with the necessary requirements, signed by the electronic signature of the general director of the organization. After filling out the form, you need to send the document through the launched service on Public services. It must be signed by the general director, otherwise a refusal will come.

In addition, we need information about military registration (type of document, its series and number, military rank and position, etc.), information about higher education (name of the university, specialty, series and number of diploma and other documents).

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on October 28, 2022 reported on the completion of mobilization measures. At the same time, the military registration and enlistment offices continued to recruit at the expense of volunteers and contractors.

In early November 2022, the president Russia Vladimir Putin confirmed the completion of partial mobilization in Russia. Russian the leader added that 260 thousand people from partially mobilized do not participate in hostilities, but are trained, on this mobilization is completed.^[10]

The software developer from Raiffeisen Bank was mobilized and died in the combat zone, not having time to receive a deferral through the Central Bank

On October 20, lawyer Konstantin Erokhin announced on his Telegram channel that information had appeared about the death of a mobilized IT specialist of Raiffeisen Bank Timur Izmailov^[11] combat zone^[12]"On Tuesday, information was received that Timur came under mortar fire and died another 13.10," wrote the human rights activist, who, together with Anna Izmaylova, sister of Timur Izmailov, tried to get him a delay from mobilization. The deferral is provided, among other things, for organizations working in organizations that ensure the stability of the national payment system and the infrastructure of the financial market, banking liquidity management, cash circulation. Read more here.

The percentage of deferrals from partial IT mobilization was 0.5%

The share of refusals from the total number of applications for deferral to employees of IT and telecom companies does not exceed 0.5%. This was reported to the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation on October 18, 2022.

As noted in the department, a delay could be denied if the specialty in the diploma is not from the list approved by the Ministry of Digital Development, and the position is not related to functions that are critical for the company's activities.

The share of refusals to issue deferrals to IT specialists was 0.5%

The press service of the ministry noted that the Ministry of Digital Development notified specialists through the State Public services portal who did not receive the right to deferment.

Employees of accredited IT companies, telecom operators and media, who have higher education and work full time, can receive the right to deferment from partial mobilization. Employees of IT companies can apply for exemption from mobilization through the State Public services portal.

If an employee of an accredited IT company who meets the deferral requirements has already received a summons, then he needs to take with him an additional person to present:

• Original or certified copy of the employment contract with the employer;
• Diploma of professional higher education;
• Extract from the register of state accreditation of the employer in the field of IT, certified by the general director of the company or an authorized person;
• A certificate from the place of work signed by the general director or an authorized person that the employee is involved in the development, development, implementation, maintenance and operation of IT solutions or in ensuring the functioning of the information infrastructure.

The same requirements apply to employees of telecom and media operators.^[13]

In Moscow the CEO of the IT company with a reservation sent to a military registration and enlistment office

As it became known in mid-October 2022, in Moscow, the general director and five employees of the IT company RDL-Telecom were handed summons to the military registration and enlistment office, despite the postponement provided by the Ministry of Digital Development. Read more here.

Ministry of Digital Development: Military registration and enlistment offices begin to receive lists of staff of the IT companies on a delay

On October 5, 2022, the head of the Ministry of Digital Science Maksut Shadayev said that in a short time, military registration and enlistment offices in the regions will receive lists of employees of IT companies who are entitled to a delay from partial mobilization.

The process has been launched and is already in full swing, I hope that we will hear that in the coming days the military registration and enlistment offices have received lists, "Shadayev said at a webinar on the postponement and accreditation of IT companies (quoted by TASS).

Military registration and enlistment offices began to receive lists of employees of IT companies for postponement

He noted that the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation has the confirmation of the Chief of the General Staff that the procedure for granting a delay is legitimate and fully functioning. He stressed that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation transfers to the military registration and enlistment offices lists for deferral from the Ministry of Digital Development.

In addition, Shadayev said that the department will ask all constituent entities of the Russian Federation to create lists of startups for which employees will apply for a delay within one to two months. The minister noted that at present there is a register of startups only in the Russian capital.

Shadayev also said that the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation came up with an initiative to extend the deferral to computer science teachers in schools, as well as teachers of digital disciplines in higher educational institutions. The proposal is currently under consideration, he said.

According to the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, a separate decree and decree on the postponement of partial mobilization of IT specialists will not be adopted.

There is no decree on IT specialists and no decree on IT specialists will be adopted. Here, unfortunately, we cannot realize this story now. First of all, because we are told that, guys, you have a working scheme, everything works, people are not called up. There will be no decree or government decree, because the decree is adopted in pursuance of the decree, he said.[14]

Mishustin was asked for a deferral from mobilization for employees of IT companies with government orders

On September 24, 2022, Nikolai Apurin, General Director of Artwell, a system integration company, sent a letter to Prime Minister RFMikhail Mishustin, in which he asked for a delay from partial mobilization for employees of IT solutions providers for the public sector.

The text of this collective appeal came to the disposal of Vedomosti. The authenticity of the letter to the newspaper was confirmed by the general director of the Stratosphere IT companies Konstantin Elistratov and MKDG Yuri Martynov, who took part in its preparation.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin

{{quote 'Changing commands in state information systems in wartime is a huge risk. If contractors are mobilized who made the sites of the Public services, the State Duma, the HRC [Human Rights Council - approx. TAdviser], electronic document management systems and others, then after hacking they will lie until the end of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, because there will be no one to raise them, - said Nikolai Apurin in a letter. }} According to the authors of the appeal, not all employees in the IT state order market have diplomas of higher and specialized education, and asked for a reservation for them for the period of execution of state contracts and warranty obligations. They believe that their employees are "cyber warfare, which ensure the security, reliability of work and fault tolerance of government systems." We are talking about 20-30 thousand specialists.

Konstantin Elistratov believes that before the Ministry of Digital Development clarified the procedure for submitting applications for reservations from mobilization for employees of accredited IT companies, more than 60% of Stratosphere employees could be exempted from mobilization, and now only 20%. Developers with secondary special and unfinished higher education can be called upon, which are in no way inferior to colleagues with the necessary diplomas, added Elistratov.^[15]

A service for accepting applications for deferment for IT and telecom specialists has been launched on Public services

The Russian Ministry of Digital Development opened a Gosus lugakh service on applying for draft exemption as part of a partial mobilization of IT and telecom companies. Representatives of the department reported this to TAdviser on September 27, 2022.

ИТ- и телеком-специалисты могут подать заявление на освобождение от призыва на портале Госуслуг
Фото: Izvestia/ Alexey Maishev

To submit a statement, the specialist needs to:

• 1. Fill out a confirmation form from the employer in the personnel and sign the general director's UKEP. As specified in the Ministry of Digital Development, when editing a CSV file in Excel, the first characters in document numbers starting with "0" will be erased, this is normal, you do not need to correct it.
• 2. Open the service on Public services (for now, in order to avoid DDoS attacks, the service is available only from the territory of Russia), check the data that is automatically pulled up from your personal account (full name, passport, etc.).
• 3. Enter information about military registration (type of document, its series and number, military rank and position, etc.).
• 4. Indicate information on higher education (names of the university, specialty, series and diploma number) from Appendix 1 to the order. If it is not possible to find your specialty in it, refer to the correspondence table of specialties in Appendix 2.
• 5. Fill in information about the work (TIN and the name of the organization, labor duties, justification of the need for postponement, etc.).
• 6. Attach a confirmation form signed by the head of the organization and a file of the unlocked electronic signature to the application.
• 7. Submit a request. After processing, the Ministry of Digital Development will send them to the General Staff. The decision on non-mobilization will be made by the Ministry of Defense. The first lists are scheduled to be sent on September 29, 2022.

Detailed instructions for filling out the form and submitting an application can be found here. You can study the list of recommended specialties by following the link.

According to the Ministry of Digital Development of recommendations published on September 23, 2022^[16], if the specialist meets the criteria for deferment from mobilization, but received a refusal, then he must:

• Receive a package of documents signed by an enhanced qualified electronic signature of the General Director from its organization,
• Send a package of documents to the Ministry of Digital Development to the address of the help@digital.gov.ru.

Ministry of Digital Development will process the received documents and send them to the Ministry of Defense.

Cell tower operators asked for Ministry of Digital Development of delay from mobilisation for their employees

At the end of September 2022, Russian tower infrastructure operators Service-Telecom and New Towers appealed to the head of the Ministry of Digital Science Maksut Shadayev with a request to provide employees of industry companies with a delay from partial mobilization. Read more here.

Who and how can get a delay from partial mobilization. Clarification of the Ministry of Digital Development

On September 27, 2022 , Ministry of Digital Development plans to open a form on the public services portal for submitting applications for employees of accredited IT companies and telecom operators to receive a deferral from partial mobilization. The Minister of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev spoke about this during a webinar with the IT industry on Monday.

The minister explained that employees applying for a delay will have to fill out this form on their own, since it is required to provide a lot of data, which may not be available even in the personnel department. Self-filling will speed up the process.

The form must be accompanied by an extract signed by the general director, which confirms that the employee works in an accredited IT company or telecom operator and meets the remaining criteria for obtaining the right to deferment, such as full employment, participation in product development and development processes, higher profile (related to IT) education, etc.

The Ministry of Digital Development will approve a list of specialties that allow you to get a delay from partial mobilization "(image - Ministry of Digital Development)"

At the time of recruitment or formation of the list of employees, the applicant for a deferral from partial mobilization must work in an accredited IT company or telecom operator. At the same time, there are no requirements for experience in the company, in contrast to a similar requirement previously introduced to receive a deferral benefit from the army.

The requirement for the extract, which must be attached, must be signed by the general director of the EDS received by the Federal Tax Service. Other EDS do not count.

The csv file of the extract confirming the employee's compliance with the criteria for deferral from mobilization was published by the Ministry of Digital Development at the end of the day on September 26.

A separate question is what to do if the general director has already been called for partial mobilization, and he cannot sign an extract for employees. If someone in the company has a power of attorney that allows signing documents for the general director, such a person can probably sign an extract for him, the minister said.

Also on September 26, the Ministry of Digital Development approved and published a document with a recommended list of specialties received in universities with which you can be exempted from partial mobilization. It is the same for both IT and telecom companies, because specialties often intersect there. At the same time, if an employee cannot find his specialty in this list, he will be able to add it when filling out the form on the public services portal.

You can do it, but under your own responsibility. Because the specialties that you will add if they are not in our order, it is clear that this is not a guarantee, - explained Maksut Shadayev.

Earlier, a list of 75 IT specialties from forms for deferral from military service, adopted as one of the measures to support the IT industry, was approved. It is quite narrow and does not suit everyone, the minister admitted. But in the case of the new list of specialties - to receive a delay from partial mobilization - the recommended list has become wider. The agency received a large number of proposals from the IT industry. The list includes everything that can relate to IT.

The list is such as to preserve the core of specialists, although everyone understands that the functioning of the company depends not only on the developers, the minister admits. However, this is what was agreed with the Ministry of Defense.

In addition, as you know, many IT specialists do not have specialized higher education, and there are those who do not have higher education at all. Such employees will not be able to count on a delay from partial mobilization, the minister said. "Crust" on retraining is also not considered. It is the higher profile education that is needed.

It follows from the words of the minister that everything related to the required criteria for education is not the decision of the Ministry of Digital Development - so they considered it expedient in the Ministry of Defense.

Individual entrepreneurs and self-employed in the IT sector will also not be able to be put under a delay, the minister said. This moment could not be reconciled. It is very difficult to confirm the profile of individual entrepreneurs and self-employed, Shadayev explained.

The collected lists of applicants for the delay will then be submitted to the Ministry of Defense. There are no restrictions on the date of submission of applications, Maksut Shadayev specified. Lists can be submitted indefinitely until the flow of those employees who are eligible for deferment runs out.

Recall that earlier the process of accreditation of IT companies was temporarily stopped due to a change in requirements. The Ministry of Digital Development is doing everything possible to restart accreditation as quickly as possible - in a week or two. And, importantly, in the new accreditation procedure there is a concept of software and hardware systems: if a company participates in their development, and not just software, it will also be able to obtain accreditation.

On the services portal in Ministry of Digital Development, they also think to later launch a form on violation of the draft process, which will be able to use an employee of an IT company or telecom operator, who believes that he was called up, despite meeting the criteria for deferral.

Chip and electronics makers ask for staff deferment from mobilisation

On September 23, 2022, the Association of Russian Developers and Manufacturers of Electronics (ARPE) sent a letter to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin asking for a deferral from partial mobilization to employees of industry companies.

As Kommersant writes with reference to this appeal, its authors explain the need for armor from conscription by the fact that most electronics manufacturers, including those performing state contracts, are not formally included in the list of defense industry enterprises, which "in the current situation contradicts the interests of sustainable development" of the industry.

ARPE Electronics (ARPE) sent a letter to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin with a request to grant employees of industry companies a deferral from partial mobilization

Nikolai Komlev, director of the Association of Computer and Information Technology Enterprises (APKIT), told the publication that it is also important that Russia is dramatically lagging behind the world level in the field of microelectronics.

{{quote 'In this case, it would be useful to preserve those who design, and engineers and specialists in equipment and even in the supply of components under conditions of sanctions. The latter can be recognized simply as merchants and drafted into the army, the specialist believes. }} About 350 thousand people are employed in the electronic industry, of which about half are male, said ARPE executive director Ivan Pokrovsky in an interview with the publication. The association proposed to determine the list of enterprises through the All-Russian Classifier of Economic Activities (OKVED) and the corresponding codes of the All-Russian Classifier of Products by Type of Economic Activity (OKPD).

This is necessary not only to provide armor, but also to implement industry development plans in order to form a full register of companies based on the list of products, without which industry management cannot be effective, Pokrovsky is sure.

Zelax (developing telecommunications equipment) considered that the risks present are "point, not system." The president of the company, Sergei Sukhman, stressed that he knows about the few cases of employees of the industry receiving subpoenas, adding that "the panic that has arisen does not correspond to the actual events."^[17]

Minister Maksut Shadayev joined the military registration and enlistment offices to help IT workers get a deferral from the draft

The Minister of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev sent personal government telegrams to all military registration and enlistment offices signed with the procedure for action regarding the appeal of IT workers who fall under the reservation from the draft. The minister announced this on September 25 in the Telegram group " Grants and Benefits for IT."

In the example of such a telegram published in the same place, the military registration and enlistment office is notified of the list of documents that the Ministry of Digital Development recommended that employees of accredited IT companies present when receiving a mobilization agenda.

An example of a government telegram, the minister recommended that employees who fall under the reservation from the draft be presented to the military registration and enlistment office along with a package of documents published earlier for such cases.

Government telegram sent by Maksut Shadayev to military registration and enlistment offices

A day earlier, a minister in the same group in Telegram also announced the collection on a system basis of lists of specific employees of specific companies that received subpoenas, although they fall under a delay. To do this, the general director must send an email to the help@digital.gov.ru, signed by an enhanced qualified electronic signature.

Shadayev also announced his readiness as an emergency measure, while the lists of such employees are being collected, to personally sign government telegrams to the military registration and enlistment offices from the company that specific employees fall under the reservation from the draft.

There is its own mechanics of bringing the decision of the General Staff on the non-appeal to the call of the IT company to the military registration and enlistment offices. It is clear that the military registration and enlistment offices themselves are now overloaded and in full storage. What can we do for those who fall under the delay but have already received subpoenas. There is an urgent notification format - government telegrams. I can sign these. Therefore, if employees of some IT companies have already received summons - you can not wait for anything - I can send a telegram to a specific military registration and enlistment office with reference to the decision of the Chief of the General Staff and a request not to urge SPECIFIC people from specific IT companies that fall under the reservation. This is an emergency measure - while we are deploying the collection of lists on a systemic basis, - wrote Maksut Shadayev.

Ministry of Digital Development is also working with the Ministry of Defense on a form for submitting lists of employees suitable for the criteria for deferral from partial mobilization. The form will be opened this week on the public services portal.

Maksut Shadayev personally deals with subpoenas for IT workers who have the right to postpone mobilization

Recall that the right to deferment can be obtained by employees with the appropriate higher education and working full-time:

• accredited IT companies involved in the development, development, implementation, maintenance and operation of IT solutions (software, software and hardware systems) or involved in ensuring the functioning of the information infrastructure;
• telecom operators involved in ensuring the stability, security and integrity of the operation of individual communication facilities, communication facilities and communication lines of the public communication network, as well as data processing centers;
• registered media, broadcasters, broadcasters included in the list of system-forming ones involved in the production and distribution of information products.

On September 25, information appeared that the Ministry of Digital Development is considering the possibility of including leadership positions in the field of IT in the list of specialties that fall under the criteria for deferral from partial mobilization.

If an employee of an accredited IT company who meets the deferral requirements has already received a summons, then the Ministry of Digital Development recommends taking with him an additional person to present:

• an original or certified copy of the employment contract with the employer;
• diploma of professional higher education;
• an extract (https://www.gosuslugi.ru/600178/1/form) from the register of state accreditation of the employer in the field of IT, certified by the general director of the company or an authorized person;
• a certificate from the place of work signed by the general director or an authorized person that the employee is involved in the development, development, implementation, maintenance and operation of IT solutions or in ensuring the functioning of the information infrastructure.

The collected package of documents should be sent to the Ministry of Digital Development to the address of the help@digital.gov.ru. Ministry of Digital Development will process the received documents and send them to the Ministry of Defense.

In addition, the Ministry of Digital Development is preparing a recommended list of specialties for each sectoral area to receive a delay. The agency promises to publish the list no later than September 26.

After the start of partial mobilization, a special group "IT Mobilization" also appeared on Telegram, for those for whom this situation is relevant.

We are not afraid! Many processes have already been organized and we have many cases when military commissars were released home after checking documents, - wrote the activist, owner of this group Yevgeny Titarenko.

Airlines and airports are trying to prevent the mobilization of their IT specialists

On September 23, 2022, it became known that employees of airlines and airports in Russia began to massively receive summons to military registration and enlistment offices. The industry is afraid to lose important specialists, including in the field of information technology, due to partial mobilization.

According to Kommersant, employees of at least five Russian air carriers, including Aeroflot, and over a dozen air harbors received summons within 24 hours after the announcement of partial mobilization in the country. The fact is that most pilots are reserve officers. They were trained in the military departments of flight schools. About 50-80% of industry workers could potentially fall under mobilization, sources in three companies told the newspaper.

Employees of airlines and airports in Russia began to massively receive summons to military registration and enlistment offices

In the five airlines surveyed by the newspaper, they draw up lists for "reservations" for employees who are necessary to "ensure a continuous production cycle" and try to understand where to send them. The list must be approved by the military registration and enlistment office, but it is not clear who is responsible - the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Defense or the regional authorities. In addition, it is unclear which military registration and enlistment office to transfer lists to if pilots from different regions.

Exemption from conscription is critical not only for pilots and dispatchers, but also for technical, commercial, IT specialists, since without them flights can simply stop. The staff of these specialists is much smaller and the care of even a few people can seriously paralyze work.

According to Kommersant, some air carriers have already experienced difficulties in finding personnel after the outflow of IT specialists in early spring 2022 and are afraid of a shortage amid the transition to domestic booking systems.

{{quote 'Aviation engineers and IT specialists are very specific specialties, there are few of them, and everyone is worth their weight in gold since the beginning of the sanctions, - the interlocutors of the newspaper noted^[18] }}

Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: IT specialists are not subject to mobilization

On September 23, 2022, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation specified the categories of citizens who do not fall under partial mobilization. We are talking about IT specialists, financiers and media workers.

To ensure the work of certain high-tech industries, as well as the financial system of the Russian Federation, it was decided not to be transferred to military service within the framework of partial mobilization of citizens with higher education in the relevant specialties and areas of training working: in accredited organizations operating in the field of information technology and involved in the development, development, implementation, maintenance and operation of solutions in the field of information technology and ensuring the functioning of information infrastructure, the ministry said in a statement.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation clarified the categories of citizens who will not fall under partial mobilization. Delay due to IT specialists

In addition, as reported in the Ministry of Defense, employees working:

• In Russian telecom operators and involved in ensuring stability, safety and integrity of communication facilities, data centers, as well as public communication facilities and lines;
• In system-forming organizations in the field of information and communications, as well as their interdependent persons who are the founder and (or) editor and (or) publisher of a registered mass media and (or) broadcaster of a television channel, a radio channel and those involved in the production and (or) distribution of mass media products;
• In organizations that ensure the stability of the national payment system and the infrastructure of the financial market, banking liquidity management, cash circulation.

The basis for exemption from attracting citizens to conscription for military service for mobilization will be the lists of citizens submitted by the heads of the relevant companies in the established form to the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces.^[19]

The Ministry of Digital Development asked to provide IT specialists with a delay from mobilization

September 22, 2022 Association of Software Developers (ARPP) "" Domestic software sent Ministry of Digital Development RUSSIAN FEDERATION a letter with a request to provide a deferral from partial mobilization employees IT of companies for the duration of their work there.

The head of the association, Renat Lashin, proposed granting a deferral to employees of IT companies accredited under the Ministry of Digital Development, regardless of their specialty in education. He believes that the mobilization of highly qualified specialists will negatively affect the activities of enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC) and may lead to a disruption in the implementation of state contracts, including the state defense order.

The head of the Association of Software Product Developers proposed to grant a deferral to employees of IT companies accredited under the Ministry of Digital Development

{{quote 'The need to provide a deferral to employees of accredited organizations is due to the continuous process of developing, implementing and supporting software products in defense industry enterprises, CII [critical information infrastructure] facilities, system-forming enterprises, - said in a letter, an excerpt from which leads Forbes. }} The appeal also indicates that highly qualified specialists of IT companies can bring great benefits in the development of national sovereignty, while continuing to work in their organizations.

{{quote 'At the same time, each employee of these organizations may voluntarily refuse the right to take advantage of the deferral from the mobilization call in order to fulfill their civil-patriotic duty and apply their skills in the ranks of the RF Armed Forces, - its authors emphasized. }} Forbes also found out that IT companies began to send letters to employees and hold meetings with them. For example, in MTS, the CEO Vyacheslav Nikolaev in the mailing list asked employees "not to panic" and focus, for example, on work. In Ozon, management reminded employees that the company was "always loyal to the remote," and also asked to immediately report the subpoena received.^[20]

Acceptance of applications for deferment for IT specialists as part of the autumn draft has started at the Public services

IT- companies from August 2, 2022 can take advantage of a special service Public services and apply for a deferral from armies for their employees as part of the autumn draft. Completed forms will be accepted until August 11, according to a statement dated Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation August 3, 2022.

You can apply for a deferral for IT specialists at Public services
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To qualify for a deferral, specialists must meet a number of criteria, namely: have, Russian citizenship be male and aged 18 to 27 years, have a higher education specialty from the list of those subject to deferral, work under an employment contract (with a normal working day) in accredited IT companies for at least 11 months in the period from October 1, 2021 to October 1, 2022. At the same time, the company in which IT specialists work must be accredited by August 11, 2022. If the employee's experience is less than 11 months, the employer must make sure that he has taken a job within a year after graduation.

When filling out the form, you need to specify the following employee data: full name; date and place of birth; SNILS; place of residence; the name of the university and the date of graduation; diploma number; specialty; experience in accredited companies; military commissariat in which the employee is registered.

The Ministry of Digital Development will submit the submitted applications to the Ministry of Defense until August 31. The final decision on the postponement will be made by the draft committee.

After the employee receives a summons, he will have to appear at the military registration and enlistment office to confirm the right to deferment.

You will need to have with you: passport; military accounting document; driver's license (if any); the original of the diploma of higher education in the specialty in accordance with the list; originals of certificates from places of work in accredited IT organizations for the period from October 1, 2021 to October 1, 2022.

As part of the spring call, IT companies filed applications for 8.7 thousand specialists, but about 1 thousand of them did not meet the requirements of the Ministry of Defense. As a result, almost 7.7 thousand people received the right to deferment. Most of them are young people aged 23-24 years with a working experience of 1-2 years.

Among the regions, the leaders in terms of the number of IT specialists who received a delay were: Moscow, Moscow region, St. Petersburg, the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as Novosibirsk and Samara regions.

The Ministry of Digital Development will cancel the deferral from the army for part of IT specialists

On July 12, 2022, it became known about the decision of the Ministry of Digital Development to cancel the deferral from the army for some IT specialists in order to stop the unfair application of benefits.

By July 12, 2022, the accreditation mechanism for high-tech companies is simple: you need to submit an application through Public services, indicating the profile code of OKVED (All-Russian Classifier of Economic Activities). However, from August 2022, companies will have to prove that they are indeed engaged in high technology: the ministry plans to request the share of employees involved in IT, and the share of revenue from this activity.

Reprieve from the army for part of IT specialists will be canceled

Accreditation allows you to receive only the benefit in the form of a deferral for employees from military service. The rest of the preferences for IT companies are provided after additional confirmation, the Ministry of Digital Development noted to Izvestia.

Karen Ghazaryan, an expert at the Russian Association of Electronic Communications (RAEC), believes that the IT company's accreditation system really needs adjustments.

Now it can be obtained and applied for deferrals from the army of employees in fact in a notification mode. This is actively used, in particular, by banks and state-owned companies, where IT departments are really very large, "he said in a conversation with the newspaper.

According to Ghazaryan, the criteria that distinguish a high-tech company from a non-core company are very shaky, and, for example, it is not clear how and what benefits to provide startups.

Rostec believes that state support should be provided to "specialists in all positions of information technology" from any domestic structures. With the corresponding initiative, Rostec has already turned to the Ministry of Digital Development. In addition, the state corporation proposes to extend benefits and other support measures to companies not directly related to software development, but engaged in the wholesale of computer equipment, software, computer system maintenance or, for example, user training. There are no benefits for them, since the percentage of income from software development in such structures is insignificant.^[21]

The rules for obtaining a deferment from military service for representatives of the IT industry entered into force

On the evening of April 1, 2022, government decree No. 490 of March 28, 2022 "On Approval of the Rules for Granting the Right to Receive a Deferral from Conscription to Citizens of the Russian Federation Working in Accredited Organizations Operating in the Field of Information Technology^[22] was published on the Government portal. ^[23]. The resolution comes into force from the moment of publication.

The resolution spelled out the rules for granting the right to receive a deferral from military service for representatives of the IT industry. The rules consist of 5 items and a list of specialties and areas of training for higher education.

Employees of IT companies accredited to the Ministry of Digital Development received a deferral from military service

The rules for granting the right to receive a deferral from military service to citizens of the Russian Federation working in accredited organizations operating in the field of information technology:

1. These rules determine the categories of citizens of the Russian Federation from among those working in accredited organizations operating in the field of information technology (hereinafter referred to as accredited organizations) who are granted the right to receive a deferral from military service, and the procedure for granting this right.

2. The right to receive a deferral from military service in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of March 2, 2022 No. 83 "On measures to ensure the accelerated development of the information technology industry in the Russian Federation" (hereinafter referred to as the deferral from military service) is granted to citizens of the Russian Federation Federations working in accredited organizations under an employment contract on the conditions of normal working hours of at least 11 months during the year, preceding the start date of the next draft, having higher education in specialties and areas of training according to the list according to the appendix, or without presenting requirements for the specified period of work when concluding an employment contract with an accredited organization no later than one year from the date of graduation from an educational organization of higher education, graduation from a scientific organization (hereinafter referred to as citizens).

3. Lists of citizens are formed and sent by accredited organizations in electronic form using the federal state - information - system "Unified portal of state and municipal services (functions)" to the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation no later than 50 calendar days before the start of the next draft for military service. " The lists of citizens indicate the surname, first name and patronymic (if any) citizens, year and place of their birth, insurance number of individual personal account, name of educational organization of higher education (scientific organization), the date of graduation, the name of the received specialty (direction of training) of higher education, the number of the diploma of education, the place of work, the individual taxpayer number of the accredited organization, the place of residence and the military commissariat of the municipality (municipalities), in which the citizen is registered with the military. Lists of citizens with personal data are sent taking into account the requirements of Article 88 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation and the Federal Law "On Personal Data."

4. A deferral from conscription is provided to citizens by draft commissions on the basis of a Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation sent to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation no later than 30 calendar days before the start of the next conscription of the list of citizens.

5. Accredited organizations in which citizens who have received a deferral from military service work are obliged to inform the relevant military commissariat of their dismissal from their post within 2 weeks.

List of specialties and areas of higher education training

1. Mathematics

2. Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

3. Mechanics and Mathematical Modeling

4. Statistics

5. Applied mathematics

6. Fundamental Mathematics and Mechanics

7. Mathematics and Computer Science

8. Fundamental Informatics and Information Technology

9. Mathematical Support and Administration of Information Systems

10. Physics

11. Applied Mathematics and Physics

12. Radiophysics

13. Fundamental and applied physics

14. Cartography and Geoinformatics

15. Bioengineering and Bioinformatics

16. Computer Science and Computing

17. Information Systems and Technologies

18. Applied informatics

19. Software Engineering

20. Computer Science and Computing

21. Information security

22. Computer security

23. Information security of telecommunication systems

24. Information security of automated systems

25. Information and analytical safety systems

26. Security of Information Technologies in Law Enforcement

27. Cryptography

28. Countering Technical Intelligence

29. Radio engineering

30. Infocommunication technologies and communication systems

31. Design and Technology of Electronic Tools

32. Electronics and Nanoelectronics

33. Electronic systems and complexes

34. Special Radio Engineering Systems

35. Infocommunication technologies of special communication system

36. Photonics and Optoinformatics

37. Electronic and optical-electronic devices and special-purpose systems

38. Electric Power and Electrical Engineering

39. Power Engineering

40. Nuclear Physics and Technology

41. Mechanical engineering

42. Process Machines and Equipment

43. Applied mechanics

44. Automation of technological processes and production facilities

45. Engineering and technological support of machine-building industries

46. Mechatronics and Robotics

47. Design of process machines and complexes

48. Design, production and testing of ship weapons and information and control systems

49. Missile systems and astronautics

50. Motion Control and Navigation Systems

51. Ballistics and Hydroaerodynamics

52. Aircraft industry

53. Aircraft engines

54. Design, production and operation of rockets and rocket and space complexes

55. Aircraft and Rocket Engine Design

56. Aircraft testing

57. Navigation and ballistic support for the use of space technology

58. Integrated Aircraft Systems

59. Aircraft Control Systems

60. Aircraft and Helicopter Engineering

61. Technical operation and restoration of electrical systems and flight and navigation systems of combat aircraft

62. Shipbuilding, ocean engineering and systems engineering of marine infrastructure facilities

63. Design and construction of ships, vessels and ocean engineering facilities

64. Design, manufacture and repair of power plants and automation systems for ships and vessels

65. Standardization and Metrology

66. Quality Management

67. System Analysis and Management

68. Management in Technical Systems

69. Innovatics

70. Organization and Management of Knowledge-Intensive Industries

71. Science-intensive technology and innovation economics

72. Intellectual Property Management

73. Medical cybernetics

74. Business computer science

75. Intelligent systems in the humanitarian sphere.

The government clarified which IT specialists will receive a reprieve from the army amid a special operation in Ukraine

At the end of March 2022, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree approving the rules for granting deferment from military service for specialists from domestic companies working in the field of information technology.

We are talking about young people under the age of 27 who have a higher education and work in IT companies for at least one year. In addition, the rules apply to specialists with less than one year of experience, but provided that they graduated from the university a year before their appointment to the post.

The government has determined the procedure for deferring from military service for specialists of IT companies

Students of some university specialties can also apply for a deferral. The list includes more than 60 areas, including mathematics, applied computer science, cartography and geoinformatics, radio engineering, electronics and nanoelectronics, robotics, aircraft engineering and shipbuilding.

Companies that want to receive a deferral for their young specialists must form a list of them and send them to the Ministry of Digital Development no later than May 1, 2022. Then the department will send a generalized list to the Ministry of Defense, and it will form the final lists and send them to the military registration and enlistment offices for a deferral.

It is important to prevent a decrease in the pace of development of the IT industry in our country, even under conditions of sanctions restrictions. It is necessary to ensure the stable and uninterrupted functioning of the information infrastructure. And of course, to maintain personnel potential, - said Mikhail Mishustin.

The postponement from the army was one of the measures aimed at stopping the outflow of IT specialists abroad, which happened after the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine on March 24, 2022. During the month of the conflict, up to 70 thousand left the Russian Federation. IT specialists, and in April 2022 emigration can reach 100 thousand people, according to the Russian Association of Electronic Communications (RAEC).^[24]

Ministry of Digital Development proposes not to call the ambassador of the start of a special operation in Ukraine to the army of IT specialists

The Ministry of Digital Development predicts the outflow of IT specialists from the country after the start of Russia's military special operation in Ukraine. On Monday, February 28, 2022, Minister Maksut Shadayev sent a letter to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin with a list of measures that should keep developers inside the country. The ministry confirmed that the list of 10-point proposals was submitted to the government. According to TAdviser, the representative of the Ministry of Digital Development, the measures were developed taking into account the opinion of the IT industry. After approval by the government, the proposals will be implemented as soon as possible.

On February 28, Maksut Shadayev sent a letter to Mikhail Mishustin with a list of measures that should keep developers inside the country

The Ministry of Digital Development, as anti-crisis measures, proposed, among other things, to provide a deferral from conscription for employees of IT companies for the duration of their work in these companies.

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