“Call to Conscience” instructions help conscripts, reservists and military personnel refuse military service. Open the app after installation to download the content.
Key features:
• 80+ instructions for different cases. Explanations, step-by-step algorithms, FAQ answers, guides, success stories, document templates. How to obtain alternative civilian service, refuse military training and mobilization orders, protect yourself from mobilization, resign from contract service. Updated following changes in law and practice.
• Offline access. After the first open, all materials are saved on your device, updated and available without internet. Useful in areas with unstable connectivity or during blockages.
• Free legal help. The “Get help” button connects to the hotline via Telegram or other channels.
• Quick search. Find information by keywords — for example, “summons”, “mobilization”, “deferral”.
• Backup mirror. If the main website is unavailable, the app offers an alternative way to access the materials.
• Display customization. Dark mode for night reading and enlarged font for comfortable use.
Privacy: The app requires no registration, collects no personal data, and shows no ads. The only analytics is technical crash reports (without IP address or user identifiers). Privacy policy link is available on the store listing page.
About the project: “Call to Conscience” is an initiative defending the right to refuse military service.
Important legal notice (disclaimer): “Call to Conscience Instructions” is an independent, non-governmental legal-education project of the “Call to Conscience” human rights initiative. It is NOT a government body, does NOT represent the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, military recruitment offices, draft commissions or any other state authority, is NOT affiliated with any government entity, and does NOT provide or facilitate any government services. All materials are for reference and informational purposes and explain citizens’ legal rights under the law of the Russian Federation.
Official sources. The legal information is based on regulatory acts of the Russian Federation published on the Official Internet Portal of Legal Information (pravo.gov.ru):
• Constitution of the RF (Art. 59, part 3): http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102027595
• Federal Law No. 113-FZ “On Alternative Civil Service”: http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102077393
• Federal Law No. 53-FZ “On Military Duty and Military Service”: http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102052265
• Criminal Code of the RF (Art. 328): http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102041891
• Code of Administrative Offences of the RF (Art. 21.5, 21.6, 20.25): http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102074277
Materials also reference: Federal Law No. 31-FZ “On Mobilization Preparation and Mobilization in the RF”, RF Government Decree No. 256 of 28.05.2004 (procedure for alternative civil service), Federal Law No. 59-FZ “On Handling Citizens’ Appeals”, rulings of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts of the RF, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Full texts of these and other referenced acts are available on the portal: http://pravo.gov.ru/
Right to refuse military service