Law Penalizing Military Service Abroad Comes Into Force in Latvia

Amendments to the Latvian Criminal Code, criminalizing military service in foreign countries, with the exception of the member states of the European Union, NATO, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Australia, Brazil and New Zealand, come into force on Sunday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The legislation has been approved on December 15 and will not be applied to the cases of service in a country of the second citizenship.

If individuals started their foreign military service before January 1, 2017, the restrictions would apply from January 1, 2018.

Under the bill, Latvian non-citizens are also banned from foreign military service.

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