Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a number of laws: Putin signed a law on vacations for combat veterans

Published on 23 February 2026 at 05:03

MOSCOW:▪️Universities are required to provide student families with separate rooms in dormitories.▪️Governors will be directly responsible for children's summer vacations in the regions.

▪️The law on the criteria for maintaining monthly benefits for large families will allow payments to be maintained if the per capita income is slightly higher than the regional subsistence minimum—no more than 10% above the regional subsistence minimum.

▪️Mobile operators will be required to disconnect communications at the request of the FSB and will not be held liable for improper fulfillment of obligations under communications service contracts.

▪️In the Russian Federation, the right of bank payment agents to conduct identification of individuals has been removed.

▪️A ban on the mass transfer of Russian citizens' genetic data abroad has been approved.

▪️Gambling operators will be required to warn of risks, and advertising will be required to contain information about the potential for addiction in such games.

▪️In the Russian Federation, preliminary investigations have become possible at the location of victims, not just defendants or witnesses.

▪️Combat veterans sent on missions to the Central Military District, Syria, and Afghanistan are granted unpaid leave of up to 35 days per year.

Amendments are reportedly being made to the Law "On Veterans." The right to additional leave applies to individuals deployed to the DPR and LPR since February 24, 2022, and to the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts since September 30, 2022. They must have demonstrated special merit and have served in these territories for at least six months.

These changes will also apply to those deployed to Afghanistan from December 1979 to December 1989 and to Syria since September 30, 2015.

The law entered into force on the day of its official publication.


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