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After what time is the next title assigned. Chapter III - the procedure for awarding special ranks to the rank and file and commanding staff of the internal affairs bodies. Obtaining a rank for military personnel of the reserve

up to colonel or captain of the 1st rank inclusive - by officials in accordance with the Regulations

The terms of military service in military ranks and the procedure for their assignment are determined by the Regulations on the procedure for performing military service.

2. The next military rank is assigned to a soldier on the day of the expiration of his military service in the previous military rank, if he occupies a military position for which the state provides for a military rank equal to or higher than the military rank assigned to a military man, unless otherwise provided by this article. .

2.1. The next military rank is not assigned to a soldier:

a) at the disposal of the commander (chief);

b) if he is involved as an accused in a criminal case or a criminal case is initiated against him - until the criminal prosecution is terminated;

c) during the period of the proceedings on the fact of committing a gross disciplinary offense by him - until a disciplinary sanction is applied to the serviceman;

d) during the period of verification of the reliability and completeness of information on income, expenses, property and liabilities of a property nature, compliance with the requirements for official conduct in relation to him - until a penalty is applied to the military person;

e) before the expiration of the period during which he is considered to have:

disciplinary sanction in the form of a warning about incomplete official compliance, reduction in military position, reduction in military rank by one step, reduction in military rank by one step with a reduction in military position;

disciplinary sanction applied for committing a gross disciplinary offence;

g) until the end of serving a criminal sentence in the form of restriction on military service or arrest;

h) until the repayment or removal of his criminal record;

i) before the end of the test period when he enters military service under a contract;

j) whose military service has been suspended.

2.2. In the event that a serviceman, in accordance with the procedure established by the Code of Criminal Procedure Russian Federation, the right to rehabilitation is recognized, or if the disciplinary sanction applied to the serviceman, specified in subparagraph "e" of paragraph 2.1 of this article, was canceled (except for the case if, after the commander (chief) canceled the specified disciplinary sanction, he applied another disciplinary sanction from among the indicated in subparagraph "e" of paragraph 2.1 of this article), or if, after the investigation or verification specified in subparagraph "c" or "d" of paragraph 2.1 of this article, the serviceman was not held accountable, the military rank is assigned to the serviceman from the date of expiration of the period of passage them military service in the previous military rank.

2.3. In the event that the disciplinary sanction specified in subparagraph "e" of paragraph 2.1 of this article is removed or the conviction is removed or extinguished, the military rank is assigned to a military person from the day the disciplinary sanction is removed or the conviction is removed or extinguished.

2.4. The term of military service in the assigned military rank does not include the time of serving a criminal sentence in the form of restriction in military service or arrest, as well as the time (periods) that, in accordance with this Federal Law, is not counted in the term of military service (during the period of probation upon admission to contract military service).

3. A soldier who has the military rank of an officer and successfully masters educational program higher education or preparing a dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Science or a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Science in the military educational organization higher education, the next military rank up to lieutenant colonel or captain of the 2nd rank inclusive is assigned on the day of the expiration of his military service in the previous military rank, regardless of the military position he held before entering the specified educational organization.

(see text in previous edition)

4. The next military rank to a soldier may be awarded ahead of schedule for special personal merits, but not higher than the military rank provided by the state for his military position.

(see text in previous edition)

5. A serviceman whose term of military service in the assigned military rank has expired, for special personal merits, may be awarded a military rank one step higher than the military rank provided for by the state for his military position, but not higher than the military rank of major or captain of the 3rd rank, and soldier who has degree and/or academic title holding a military position teacher in a military professional educational organization or a military educational organization of higher education, or scientific worker in a military professional educational organization, a military educational organization of higher education or scientific organization, - not higher than the military rank of colonel or captain of the 1st rank.

Military ranks are assigned to military personnel:

  • senior officers - by the President of the Russian Federation;
  • up to a colonel or captain of the 1st rank inclusive - by officials in accordance with the Regulations on the procedure for performing military service.

The terms of military service in military ranks and the procedure for their assignment are determined by the Regulations on the procedure for performing military service.

The next military rank is assigned to a serviceman on the day of the expiration of his military service in the previous military rank, if he occupies a military position for which the state provides for a military rank equal to or higher than the military rank assigned to the serviceman, unless otherwise provided by this article.

The next military rank is not assigned to a soldier:

In the event that a serviceman, in accordance with the procedure established by the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, is recognized as having the right to rehabilitation, or if the disciplinary sanction applied to a serviceman, specified in subparagraph "e" of paragraph 2.1 of this article, was canceled (except for the case if after cancellation by the commander (chief) of the specified disciplinary sanction, he applied another disciplinary sanction from among those specified in subparagraph "e" of paragraph 2.1 of this article), or if, after the investigation or verification specified in subparagraph "c" or "d" of paragraph 2.1 of this article, the serviceman was not held accountable, the military rank is assigned to the serviceman from the date of expiration of his military service in the previous military rank.

In the event that the disciplinary sanction specified in subparagraph "e" of paragraph 2.1 of this article is removed or the conviction is removed or extinguished, the military rank is assigned to a military person from the day the disciplinary sanction is removed or the conviction is removed or extinguished.

The term of military service in the assigned military rank does not include the time of serving a criminal sentence in the form of restriction in military service or arrest, as well as the time (periods) that, in accordance with this Federal Law, is not counted in the term of military service (during the period of probation upon admission to contract military service).

A serviceman who has the military rank of officer and is successfully mastering an educational program of higher education or preparing a dissertation for the degree of candidate of science or a dissertation for the degree of doctor of science in a military educational organization of higher education, the next military rank up to lieutenant colonel or captain 2nd rank inclusive is assigned in the day of the expiration of his military service in the previous military rank, regardless of the military position that he held before entering the specified educational organization.

The next military rank to a soldier may be awarded ahead of schedule for special personal merits, but not higher than the military rank provided by the state for his military position.

A military serviceman whose term of military service in the assigned military rank has expired, for special personal merits, may be awarded a military rank one step higher than the military rank provided for by the state for his military position, but not higher than the military rank of major or captain of the 3rd rank, and a soldier, having an academic degree and (or) an academic rank, holding a military position of a pedagogical worker in a military professional educational organization or a military educational organization of higher education or a researcher in a military professional educational organization, a military educational organization of higher education or a scientific organization - not higher than the military rank of colonel or captain 1st rank.

When entering the military service of a citizen who is serving or has served in the internal affairs bodies, the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the troops national guard Russian Federation, State fire service, institutions and bodies of the penitentiary system or other law enforcement agencies and having a special rank (class rank of a prosecutor), a military rank is assigned to him in the manner determined by the Regulations on the procedure for military service.

1. The next military rank is assigned to a serviceman on the day of the expiration of his military service in the previous military rank, if he occupies a military position (position), for which the state provides for a military rank equal to or higher than the military rank assigned to the serviceman.
By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of March 19, 2007 N 364, paragraph 2 of Article 22 of this Regulation is set out in a new edition, which comes into force on January 1, 2008.
2. For military service in the following military ranks, terms are established:
private, sailor - five months;
junior sergeant, foreman 2 articles - one year;
sergeant, foreman of the 1st article - two years;
senior sergeant, chief foreman - three years;
warrant officer, midshipman - three years;
junior lieutenant - two years;
lieutenant - three years;
senior lieutenant - three years;
captain, captain-lieutenant - four years;
major, captain of the 3rd rank - four years;
lieutenant colonel, captain 2nd rank - five years.
3. The military rank of a senior officer may be awarded to a serviceman after at least two years of his military service in the previous military rank and at least one year in the military position (position) held, subject to replacement by senior officers.
The terms of military service in the military rank of Colonel General (Admiral) and General of the Army (Admiral of the Fleet) are not established.
Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 364 of March 19, 2007 amended paragraph 4 of Article 22 of this Regulation, which shall enter into force on January 1, 2008.
4. The term of military service in the military rank of lieutenant for military personnel undergoing military service under a contract who graduated from the military educational institution for full-time education with a five-year term and above, two years are established.
5. The term of military service of military personnel in the assigned military rank is calculated from the day the military rank was awarded.
6. The term of military service in the assigned military rank includes the time spent in military service.
In the specified period, the following is counted:
a) the time of a break in military service in the event of unreasonable prosecution of a serviceman, illegal dismissal of a serviceman from military service and his subsequent reinstatement in military service;
b) the time of suspension of military service;
c) holding time.
7. When a serviceman is appointed to the highest military position (position) at the same time, and if simultaneous registration is impossible - from the date of appointment to the highest military position (position), he is assigned the next military rank if his term of service in the previous military rank has expired, provided that that for this military position (position) the state provides for a military rank equal to or higher than the military rank assigned to a soldier.
In this case, the military rank of a senior officer is assigned subject to the requirements of paragraph 3 of this article.
8. A serviceman who has the military rank of an officer and is successfully studying full-time in a military educational institution, postgraduate course, military doctoral studies, the next military rank up to lieutenant colonel, captain of the 2nd rank, inclusive, is assigned on the day of the expiration of his military service in the assigned military rank, regardless of military position (position), which he held before entering the specified educational institution, postgraduate course, military doctoral studies.
9. A serviceman who has the military rank of an officer, who, before entering a military educational institution, postgraduate course, military doctoral studies, held a military position (position), for which the state provides for the military rank of colonel, captain of the 1st rank or higher officer, the next military rank up to colonel, captain Rank 1 inclusive is assigned in accordance with the military position (position) occupied before entering the specified educational institution, postgraduate course, military doctoral studies after the expiration of the length of service in the assigned military rank.
10. The next military rank to a soldier may be awarded ahead of schedule for special personal merits, but not higher than the military rank provided by the state for the military position (position) he occupies.
11. A serviceman whose term of military service in the assigned military rank has expired, for special personal merits, may be awarded a military rank one step higher than the military rank provided by the state for his military position (position), but not higher than the military rank of major, captain 3 rank.
12. The military rank of corporal (senior sailor) may be awarded as a reward for special personal merit to a soldier holding a military position for which the state provides for the military rank of private (sailor).
13. The military rank of junior sergeant (foreman of the 2nd article) is assigned to a private (sailor) who fills a military position for which the state provides for the military rank of junior sergeant (foreman of the 2nd article) and above, after the expiration of his military service in the previous military rank, as well as a serviceman who has successfully completed training in a training military unit under the training program for sergeants (foremen).
14. While serving a sentence in the form of a restriction in military service or arrest, a serviceman cannot be awarded the next military rank.
15. The time of serving a sentence in the form of restriction in military service or arrest is not included in the term of military service in the assigned military rank.

The procedure for conferring the next military rank

1. The next military rank is assigned to a serviceman on the day of the expiration of his military service in the previous military rank, if he occupies a military position (position), for which the state provides for a military rank equal to or higher than the military rank assigned to the serviceman.
2. For military service in the following military ranks, terms are established:
private, sailor - 5 months;
junior sergeant, foreman 2 articles - 1 year;
sergeant, foreman of the 1st article - 2 years;
senior sergeant, chief foreman - 3 years;
warrant officer, midshipman - 3 years;
junior lieutenant - 2 years;
lieutenant - 3 years;
senior lieutenant - 3 years;
captain, captain-lieutenant - 4 years;
major, captain of the 3rd rank - 4 years;
lieutenant colonel, captain of the 2nd rank - 5 years.

3. The military rank of a senior officer may be awarded to a serviceman after at least two years of his military service in the previous military rank and at least one year in the military position (position) held, subject to replacement by senior officers.
The terms of military service in the military rank of Colonel General (Admiral) and General of the Army (Admiral of the Fleet) are not established.
4. The term of military service in the military rank of lieutenant for military personnel undergoing military service under a contract who graduated from a military educational institution in full-time education with a five-year term and above is set to one year.
5. The term of military service of military personnel in the assigned military rank is calculated from the day the military rank was awarded.
6. The term of military service in the assigned military rank includes the time spent in military service. In the specified period, the following is counted:
a) the time of a break in military service in the event of unreasonable prosecution of a serviceman, illegal dismissal of a serviceman from military service and his subsequent reinstatement in military service;
b) the time of suspension of military service;
c) holding time.
7. When a serviceman is appointed to the highest military position (position) at the same time, and if simultaneous registration is impossible - from the date of appointment to the highest military position (position), he is assigned the next military rank if his term of service in the previous military rank has expired, provided that that for this military position (position) the state provides for a military rank equal to or higher than the military rank assigned to a soldier.
In this case, the military rank of a senior officer is assigned subject to the requirements of paragraph 3 of this article.
8. A serviceman who has the military rank of an officer and is successfully studying full-time in a military educational institution, postgraduate course, military doctoral studies, the next military rank up to lieutenant colonel, captain of the 2nd rank, inclusive, is assigned on the day of the expiration of his military service in the assigned military rank, regardless of military position (position), which he held before entering the specified educational institution, postgraduate course, military doctoral studies.
9. A serviceman who has the military rank of an officer, who, before entering a military educational institution, postgraduate course, military doctoral studies, held a military position (position), for which the state provides for the military rank of colonel, captain of the 1st rank or higher officer, the next military rank up to colonel, captain Rank 1 inclusive is assigned in accordance with the military position (position) occupied before entering the specified educational institution, postgraduate course, military doctoral studies after the expiration of the length of service in the assigned military rank.
10. The next military rank to a soldier may be awarded ahead of schedule for special personal merits, but not higher than the military rank provided by the state for the military position (position) he occupies.
11. A serviceman whose term of military service in the assigned military rank has expired, for special personal merits, may be awarded a military rank one step higher than the military rank provided by the state for his military position (position), but not higher than the military rank of major, captain 3 rank.
12. The military rank of corporal (senior sailor) may be awarded as a reward for special personal merit to a soldier holding a military position for which the state provides for the military rank of private (sailor).
13. The military rank of junior sergeant (foreman of the 2nd article) is assigned to a private (sailor) who fills a military position for which the state provides for the military rank of junior sergeant (foreman of the 2nd article) and above, after the expiration of his military service in the previous military rank, as well as a serviceman who has successfully completed training in a training military unit under the training program for sergeants (foremen).
14. While serving a sentence in the form of a restriction in military service or arrest, a serviceman cannot be awarded the next military rank.
15. The time of serving a sentence in the form of restriction in military service or arrest is not included in the term of military service in the assigned military rank.

Order of assignment military ranks citizens in reserve
1. Citizens who are in the reserve of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the next military ranks may be awarded on the proposal of the official who led the military training, only after these citizens have passed the military training and passed the tests established by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, but not more than twice during the stay of these citizens in the reserve:
a) to a soldier, sailor, sergeant, foreman, warrant officer and midshipman:
up to foreman, chief ship foreman inclusive - military commissar;
up to senior warrant officer, senior midshipman inclusive - military commissar of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation;
b) an officer:
up to major, captain of the 3rd rank inclusive - by the commander of the troops of the military district;
up to colonel, captain 1st rank inclusive - by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.
2. Citizens who are in the reserve of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and do not have the military rank of an officer, who have successfully passed tests under the reserve officer training program during military training, may be awarded the military rank of an officer by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.
3. Employees of the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation, federal tax police bodies, customs bodies of the Russian Federation, who are in the reserve of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as well as persons dismissed from service in these bodies, are assigned military ranks by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation in an attestation procedure, taking into account their special titles.
The procedure for attestation of these persons is determined by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.
4. A citizen deprived of a military rank is conferred the military rank of private by the military commissar simultaneously with military registration.
5. Citizens who are in the reserve of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation and the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation are assigned the next military ranks in an attestation procedure, taking into account the possibility of their further use in specific military positions, but not higher than the military rank of colonel, captain 1st rank and no more twice during the stay of these citizens in the reserve.
The procedure for awarding military ranks to the said citizens and the procedure for conducting their attestation are determined respectively by the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation and the director of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.

The order of restoration in military rank
1. A citizen deprived of a military rank, after the removal or cancellation of a criminal record, may be reinstated in the previous military rank by an official entitled to assign this military rank, at the request of a citizen, if there is a positive response from the internal affairs body of the Russian Federation and the decision of the commission of the military commissariat.
2. A citizen's application for reinstatement in military rank is considered by the military commissar no later than within a month from the date of its receipt by the military commissariat.
If there are grounds for the restoration of a citizen in the previous military rank, the military commissar draws up a submission on the restoration of a citizen in a military rank.
The restoration of a citizen in a military rank in this case can be carried out by order of an official who has the right to assign this military rank, in relation to the procedure for its assignment.
3. A citizen deprived of his military rank due to unlawful conviction shall be restored to his former military rank after the decision on his rehabilitation comes into force from the date of deprivation of his military rank.
A citizen whose military rank has been restored enjoys the rights and benefits established by federal laws and other regulatory legal acts Russian Federation, in accordance with the restored military rank.

Article 41 of the RF Armed Forces Administration stipulates that rewards: "assignment of the military rank of corporal, senior sailor"; "assignment of the next military rank ahead of schedule, but not higher than the military rank provided by the state for the military position held"; "assignment of a military rank one step higher than the military rank provided by the state for the military position held, but not higher than the military rank of major, captain of the 3rd rank, and to a soldier who has an academic degree and (or) an academic rank, holding a military position of a teaching staff in military educational institution vocational education, not higher than the military rank of colonel, captain of the 1st rank" - are applied to military personnel for special personal merits.

Article 46 of the Federal Law "On military duty and military service" provides for the composition of military personnel and military ranks. The seniority of military ranks is determined by the sequence of their enumeration in the specified article of the named Federal Law from the military rank "private" ("sailor") to a higher one.

Military and naval military ranks corresponding to each other are considered equal. So, the military military rank "corporal" corresponds to the ship's military rank "senior sailor".

As mentioned above, a soldier may be awarded a military rank for special personal merit.
No normative definition of special personal merits has been established, however, they are usually understood as a conscientious lawful act associated with the "over-fulfillment" by a specific military person of his duties or with the achievement of a generally recognized useful result and serving as the basis for the application of encouragement. Merit is characterized not only by external, i.e. objective, action, but also internal, i.e. subjective, attitude to the act, the presence of positive goals and motives for the behavior of a serviceman, i.e. an act that formally falls under the indicated signs, but committed upon achieving negative (for example, illegal) goals and in the presence of negative motivation, cannot serve as a basis for applying the specified encouragement. The motive is an internal urge to action * (77). The concept of "merit" was considered in more detail in § 1 of this chapter.

The military rank of corporal (senior sailor) can be awarded as a reward for special personal merit to a soldier holding a military position for which the state provides for the military rank of private or sailor (clause 12, article 22 of the Regulations on the procedure for military service), therefore it is not is regular and no deadlines have been set for it (clause 2, article 22 of the Regulations on the procedure for military service).
This encouragement, in accordance with Art. 23 DU of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation can be used by military officials from the commander of a separate battalion (ship of 2nd and 3rd rank) and above, as well as the commander of a separate military unit, using in accordance with Art. 11 DU RF Armed Forces by the authority of the battalion commander, i.e. officials who have the right to issue orders on personnel (in accordance with subparagraph "a" of paragraph 73 of the Guidelines for the recruitment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation by soldiers, sailors, sergeants and foremen, approved by order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation dated January 16, 2001 N thirty).
It is advisable to initiate a petition for the assignment of the specified military rank to the platoon commander. It must be borne in mind that for conscripted military personnel who have leadership qualities, but do not occupy the positions of junior commanders, this encouragement is quite significant, since it gives them the opportunity to officially acquire seniority over their colleagues, to assist in the management of personal squad commanders and deputy platoon commanders.
The military rank of junior sergeant (foreman, article 2) is awarded to a serviceman who has successfully completed training in a military unit under the training program for sergeants or foremen (clause 13, article 22 of the Regulations on the procedure for military service).
Early assignment of the next military rank applies to military personnel of all categories, including those undergoing military service by conscription, but not higher than the military rank provided by the state for the military position (position) held. The exception is two categories of military personnel: colonel-generals (admirals) and army generals (fleet admirals), to whom this type of encouragement does not apply, since the terms of military service in military rank are not established for them (clause 3 of article 22 of the Regulations on Order military service).
Paragraph 4 of Art. 47 of the Federal Law "On military duty and military service", as well as paragraph 10 of Art. 22 Regulations on the procedure for passing military service do not contain restrictions on the length of service in the previous military rank when deciding on early assignment of the rank.
It should be noted that in accordance with sub. "d" paragraph 2 of Art. 26 of the Regulations on the procedure for passing military service, one of the main tasks of attestation of military personnel is to present military personnel for the assignment of regular military ranks ahead of schedule or one step higher than their military position.
In the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, certification is carried out in accordance with the Procedure for organizing and conducting certification of military personnel serving under a contract in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, approved by order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation dated February 29, 2012 N 444.
To conduct certification, as well as to resolve other issues of military service in military units, certification commissions are created from a separate battalion, equal to it and above.
The attestation commission is accountable to the commander of the military unit in which it was created.
At a meeting of the attestation commission, in particular, submissions for the assignment of the next military rank ahead of schedule or one step higher than the military position held are considered, while the attestation sheet is not compiled.
To make a decision by the commander of the military unit, the attestation commission issues a written opinion based on the results of the reviewed submission.
During the meeting of the attestation commission, the secretary of the commission must without fail keep the minutes of the meeting of the attestation commission in writing and preferably with a detailed reflection of the course of the meeting and all the issues considered in it. An example form is shown below.

meetings of the attestation commission ___________________________
(name of military unit)

Chairman of the Commission ______________________________________________


surname, initials)
Members of the commission: __________________________________________________________
(military position, military rank,
____________________________________________________________________
surname, initials)
Commission Secretary _________________________________________________
(military position, military rank,
____________________________________________________________________
surname, initials)

As a controversial point in the issue of attestation of military personnel in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the content of par. 2 p. 6 art. 26 of the Regulations on the procedure for passing military service: when a serviceman is presented for awarding a state award of the Russian Federation, conferring a military rank ahead of schedule or one step higher than his position, an attestation sheet is not compiled, i.e. a serviceman is certified, but without compiling a certification sheet. In these cases, the attestation commission considers the submission (award sheet) * (78). A.M. draws attention to this circumstance. Terekhin, who notes that this norm is repeated in the new order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation on the procedure for organizing and conducting certification of military personnel * (79).
However, in fact, the presentation (award sheet) is the same certification sheet containing a review, a characteristic for a soldier, an assessment of his business, personal and moral qualities, the process and results of his official activities, etc.
It should be noted that the execution of these documents carries the risk of corruption.
For example, an award sheet for a serviceman is submitted for consideration by the attestation commission of a military unit. Only this candidacy can be considered by the attestation commission, even if the members of the commission believe that another serviceman is more worthy of the award.
A completely logical question immediately arises: "By whom and on whose instructions was the award sheet prepared for this particular serviceman?"
Of course, the award list was prepared by the personnel body by decision of the commander of the military unit (or at the direction of higher military command and control bodies).
However, such instructions are very far from an objective assessment of the activities of a serviceman presented for awarding and are based on a subjective opinion, i.e. discretion or discretion of the relevant military official without regard to the opinion of the attestation commission.
In practice, this approach leads to the fact that attestation commissions practically do not participate in solving the most important tasks of attestation, turning into a formal body that is not notified at all about ongoing appointments and awards (assignments), or members of the attestation commission are offered to sign under the already prepared, and often already implemented by the decision of the commander (chief) of the military unit.
The new order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation on the procedure for organizing and conducting certification of military personnel "did not break" this negative trend * (80).
An important condition is also established by paragraph 10 of Art. 26 of the Regulations on the procedure for performing military service, the right of a serviceman to appeal the attestation conclusions (objectivity, legality) and the procedure for conducting attestation to a higher commander (chief) within a month from the date of the announcement of the results of attestation (decision on submission), as well as to the court (exemplary forms of complaints on these questions are given in Appendix 7 to this edition).
The submission for the assignment of a military rank is issued ahead of schedule in accordance with paragraph 12 of the Instructions for organizing the passage of military service by officers and warrant officers (warrant officers) in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, approved by order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation of September 30, 2002 N 350, on a standard form in the form in accordance with Appendix No. 3 to the specified Instruction.
Application of encouragement "assignment of the next military rank one step higher than the military rank provided for by the current position, up to major, captain of the 3rd rank, and to a serviceman who has an academic degree and (or) an academic rank, holding a military position of a professorial and teaching staff in a military educational institution of vocational education, not higher than the military rank of colonel, captain 1st rank":
- in relation to it is carried out by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, the head of the federal executive body in which military service is provided;
- in relation to ensigns (midshipmen) it is carried out by the commander of the army (flotilla), the commander of the troops of the military district, front, fleet, equal to them and above (paragraph "e" of article 26 and article 29 of the command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation);
- in relation to sergeants (foremen), it is carried out by the regiment commander (commander of a separate battalion, commander of a separate military unit), equal to and higher), but not higher than the military rank of foreman (chief ship foreman) - paragraph 4 of Art. 23 Regulations on the procedure for military service.
Thus, encouragement in the form of conferring the next military rank one step higher than the military rank provided for by the state for the military position held can be applied to all categories of military personnel, with the exception of the highest, but also for special personal merits (Article 41 of the Administrative Code of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) . The term of military service in the previous military rank, established by paragraph 2 of Art. 22 Regulations on the procedure for military service.
The procedure for issuing a submission for conferring a military rank one step higher is similar to the procedure for conferring a military rank ahead of schedule.
According to paragraph 2 of Art. 22 of the Regulations on the procedure for passing military service, the terms for serving in military ranks are as follows: private (sailor) - five months; junior sergeant (foreman 2nd article) - one year; sergeant (foreman of the 1st article) - two years; senior sergeant (chief foreman) - three years; ensign and warrant officer - three years (a military rank higher than the military rank of senior warrant officer or senior midshipman cannot be awarded to the specified military officer (clause 4 of article 23 of the Regulations on the procedure for military service); junior lieutenant - two years; lieutenant - three years; senior lieutenant - three years; captain, captain-lieutenant - four years; major, captain of the 3rd rank - four years; lieutenant colonel, captain of the 2nd rank - five years.
The term of military service in the military rank of lieutenant for military personnel undergoing military service under a contract who graduated from a military educational institution full-time for a period of five years or more is set to two years (clause 4, article 22 of the Regulation on the procedure for military service).
The military rank of a senior officer may be awarded to a serviceman after at least two years of his military service in the previous military rank and at least one year in the military position (position) held, subject to replacement by senior officers. The terms of military service in the military rank of Colonel General (Admiral) and General of the Army (Admiral of the Fleet) are not established (clause 3, article 2 of the said Regulations). Military ranks of the highest are assigned to servicemen by the President of the Russian Federation on the proposal of the head of the federal executive body, which provides for military service (subparagraph "a", paragraph 1, article 23 of the Regulations on the procedure for military service).
Another serious disadvantage legal regulation of these incentives is that they are currently considered by many officers as being used by commanders by no means always objectively. In this regard, it is necessary to exclude formalism in the preparation of documents for conferring a military rank, to evaluate the merits of a serviceman according to such indicators (objective criteria) as * (81):
- level vocational training, knowledge of general military charters, instructions, their duties in their military position and their implementation, readiness to perform duties when transferring from civilian to military and into war time, improvement professional knowledge in the system of command (professional) training and independently, academic degree and academic title, the ability to apply the acquired knowledge in practice, the field of activity in which the certified person showed the greatest abilities and achieved high results, the presence of combat experience;
- personal discipline and diligence, exactingness to oneself and subordinates;
- organization in work, the ability to determine the main direction in providing high level combat and mobilization readiness, the ability to carry out assigned tasks with high quality, show initiative, quickly navigate and skillfully act in a difficult environment;
- the ability to lead, train and educate subordinate personnel and combine high demands with care for them;
- assessment of the state of the unit (military unit, formation, association) commanded, or the area of ​​work for which the serviceman is responsible (discipline, staffing level, combat and mobilization readiness, combat training, development military equipment and weapons, the state of weapons, military equipment and material and technical means, the state of command (professional) training, the availability of a reserve of candidates for promotion to higher positions, referrals to study and work with them, the quality of work with junior officers, etc. );
- the ability to critically assess one's activities, take a creative approach to business, perseverance in the performance of official duties, authority in the military team, the ability to organize the protection of state secrets, moral and psychological qualities.
The terms of military service in military rank are reduced when military personnel perform tasks in a non-international armed conflict. According to Art. 5 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On additional guarantees and compensations for military personnel serving in the territories of the states of the Transcaucasus, the Baltic States and the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as performing tasks to protect the constitutional rights of citizens in a state of emergency and in armed conflicts" dated July 21, 1993 N 5481- I (with amendments and additions) the time for performing tasks in the conditions of an armed conflict of a non-international character in Chechen Republic and in the areas immediately adjacent to it. North Caucasus, assigned to the zone of armed conflict, is counted in the period of passage of military service by the specified military personnel in military rank on preferential terms - one month of military service for three months.
The periods of performance by military personnel and employees of internal affairs bodies of tasks in a state of emergency and in armed conflicts are documented by orders of commanders military units, chiefs of staff, operational and other groups (clause 2 of the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation "On the procedure for establishing the fact that military personnel and other persons perform tasks in a state of emergency and in armed conflicts and providing them with additional guarantees and compensations" of March 31, 1994 N 280).
Lists of military units involved in the performance of tasks in a state of emergency or involved in the performance of tasks in armed conflicts, as well as the periods of performance of each military unit such tasks are declared by directives General Staff Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (clause 3 of the order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation of January 4, 1996 N 9) or orders of the FSB of Russia.
A serviceman may be awarded the next military rank up to major, captain of the 3rd rank, inclusive, one step higher than the military rank provided for by his full-time position, for special personal merits. This incentive can only be applied to officers whose term of military service in the assigned military rank has expired (clause 11, article 22 of the Regulations on the procedure for military service).
For example, in practice, questions arise about the assignment of the next military rank of "major" upon dismissal to the reserve for organizational and staff activities (subparagraph "a", paragraph 2, article 51 of the Federal Law "On Military Duty and Military Service") of an officer with the rank " captain", who served from 1990 to 2001. as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Battalion.

In accordance with Art. 47 of the Federal Law "On military duty and military service" the next military rank is assigned to a soldier on the day of the expiration of his military service in the previous military rank, if he holds a military position for which the state provides for a military rank equal to or higher than the military rank, assigned to a soldier.
At that time, the following terms of being in military ranks were in force: captain, captain-lieutenant - three years.
The next military rank to a soldier may be awarded ahead of schedule for special personal merits, but not higher than the military rank provided by the state for his military position.

A serviceman whose term of military service in the assigned military rank has expired may also be awarded a military rank one step higher than the military rank provided for by the state for the military position, but not higher than the military rank of major, captain of the 3rd rank, and a soldier, who has an academic degree and (or) an academic rank, who holds a military position of a teaching staff in a military educational institution of vocational education - not higher than the military rank of colonel, captain of the 1st rank.
While serving a sentence in the form of restriction in military service or arrest, a serviceman cannot be awarded the next military rank, including ahead of schedule.