Those who escaped from mobilization may have 30% of their salaries taken away
It is legally difficult to punish citizens who fled abroad from Russia from mobilization during the Northern Military District. It is difficult to prove “anti-patriotic” intent; remote work is not prohibited, so attempts by politicians to initiate sanctions against hundreds of thousands of fugitives look unrealistic for now.
The newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets writes about this, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
However, the publication found out that some of those who left could be punished with rubles - if, for example, they continue to work for Russian companies remotely from abroad.
“There is no need to change anything in the Labor legislation,” says trade unionist, former Deputy Minister of Labor of the Russian Federation, Pavel Kudyukin. – According to the law, if a person is not a resident of the Russian Federation, that is, lives outside of Russia for more than 180 days a year, he is not considered a tax resident. And his income tax is levied not at 13%, but at 30%. If the tax office strictly monitors this position, the employer will not go anywhere and will comply with the law. And 30 percent of the salary is a significant blow to the pockets of even highly paid employees.”
True, this rule applies only to hired workers who enter into an agreement with the employer. For self-employed people or individual entrepreneurs working outside the country, such restrictions do not exist.
Those who escaped conscription may have their salaries taken away from them by 30%.