There is no need for a decree of the President of the Russian Federation on the completion of mobilization, because the authorities cannot “release according to the document” in every socially significant situation. In addition, in Russia "the power of the president's word" prevails. Such statements in an interview with Vedomosti were made by Andrey Klishas, head of the Committee on State Building and Constitutional Legislation of the Federation Council.
“I don't think it's necessary. After all, from a political point of view, from the point of view of legitimacy, there is no greater power in our country than the words of the president. The President is the supreme commander and he has announced the end of the mobilization. Do you think decree is stronger than words? I don't think so, at least in the perception of people."
If there is a need for a new wave of mobilization, according to Klishas, a new presidential decree will be issued – "after all, the current mobilization is completed."
On October 28, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Putin that the “partial” mobilization activities had been completed, but no decree had been issued on completion.
Vladimir Putin, commenting on the absence of such a document, assured: “I will talk with lawyers, I didn’t even think about it, whether it is necessary to declare by decree that it [mobilization] is completed. But it is completed, the point is set.
Human rights activist Aleksey Tabalov, in an interview with The Insider, noted that the reluctance to issue such a document suggests that the authorities want to reserve the opportunity to continue recruiting military personnel as part of mobilization, while avoiding image losses from the publication of new decrees.
On December 5, Moscow City Duma deputies Evgeny Stupin (KPRF), Maxim Kruglov (Yabloko) and Mikhail Timonov (Fair Russia) drew attention to the fact that officially “partial” mobilization had not been completed and demanded that Putin issue a corresponding decree. However, the state-legal department of the Moscow City Duma refused to register the appeal to Putin.
