The Russian lieutenant was granted RA citizenship, and now he is being called for double duty

In person “Lieutenant» military rank no can to be granted of chance in principle. representative

One year ago on this day E. T:.submitted a claim to the RA Administrative Court against the RA Ministry of Defense, regarding the requirement to oblige to issue a favorable act regarding the release of the rank and file from compulsory military service. The case was under the proceedings of Judge Robert Makeyan. After holding two preliminary court hearings, it was decided to finish the investigation and publish the decision.

The representative of the plaintiff was the recognized lawyer Arnold Vardanyan (in the photo).

The following was revealed during the court process. plaintiff E. To T. RA President in 2024 RA citizenship was granted by decree No. NH-293-A of October 2. 2025 by the RA Embassy in Austria. E. Tolstov was informed that in 2025 On January 8, he was registered at the Republican Military Commissariat of the RA Ministry of Defense. in 2025 On April 2, an application was addressed to RA Defense Minister Suren Papikyan, asking to resolve E. The issue of T.’s military service, bearing in mind that E. T. has the military rank of lieutenant and while studying at the Russian State Technological University, he underwent military training at the military department for three years in 2007-2010. A relevant reference, translated into Armenian, issued by the said educational institution, was submitted to the court. in 2025 On April 11, a reply letter was received from the Republican Military Commissariat of the RA Ministry of Defense, rejecting the submitted application, referring to Article 19, Part 1.1 of the RA Law “On Military Service and the Status of Servicemen”, noting that “in the copy of the military record of E.T., there is an entry regarding the awarding of the military rank of “Lieutenant”, but no information about serving in the Armed Forces.”
In 2007-2010, the plaintiff studied at K. E. Tsiolkovsky State University of Technology “MATI” Russian State University of Technology Faculty of Aviation, passing both theoretical and practical courses, as well as military training in 2010 at 19612 Z/M (4th Kvantemir Separate Guards Tank Division named after Yu. Andropov). According to the results of training and military gatherings, he was certified in the prescribed manner and was awarded the military rank of lieutenant. According to the content of the military ticket issued by the military commissariat of the Danilovsky district of the Moscow Voivodeship, E. In 2012, T. on May 31, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant by order of the Minister of Defense of Russia. According to the claimant, both in the Republic of Armenia and in the Russian Federation, the exemption from military service and the awarding of the military rank of lieutenant are also considered equivalent to military service. The period of the specified educational programs includes both theoretical courses and practical training, as well as participation in military gatherings for a specified number of hours. According to Article 56, Part 2, Clause 4 of the RA Law “On Military Service and the Status of Servicemen”, citizens who have undergone military training while studying at higher educational institutions and received the military rank of “lieutenant” according to the law, according to which, while studying in the Russian Federation, he underwent 501 hours of military training and received the military rank of lieutenant, which is also confirmed by a certificate from his educational institution, a diploma with core and military booklet.

According to the claimant, in the conditions of such a working style of the administrative body, the rights of E., who is a citizen of RA, are grossly violated. T.’s rights, bearing in mind that it is clear from the submitted documents that a person cannot be awarded the military rank of “Lieutenant” on a random basis, without undergoing military service or equivalent military training. Meanwhile, the competent authorities of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia clearly illegally demand that E., who has undergone military training in the Russian Federation for about three years, undergo a double military service in the Republic of Armenia.

Thus, according to the representative, RA Ministry of Defense E. “illegally imposed on T. the obligation to undergo compulsory military service of double rank under the conditions when E. T. was awarded the military rank of lieutenant in accordance with the law and is subject to registration in the reserve army.
The expectation was after the administrative court. the administrative body is obliged to make E. A favorable administrative act aimed at exempting T. from compulsory military service.
Yesterday we learned that the Administrative Court rejected the claim. The court recorded. The respondent is not eligible. to release T. from the compulsory military service of the rank and file, because “the latter did not present sufficient evidence of having served in the armed forces of another state for not less than 12 months or having undergone alternative service in another state for not less than 18 months”. As for having passed 501 hours of military training, according to the court, it is “not equivalent to mandatory military service. In addition, the latter was also not registered in the reserve force of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia in accordance with the law and was not recognized as unfit for military service due to his health condition according to the procedure established by the decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

Ruzan Minasyan

“Aravot” daily newspaper
11.06.2026