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The Executive Order was signed to enhance the efficiency of activities by top officials (executive government bodies) in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in connection with the introduction of martial law on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Lugansk People’s Republic, the Zaporozhye Region and the Kherson Region.

The President resolved to introduce a regime (maximum response level) on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Lugansk People’s Republic and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, whereby top officials (executive government bodies) of the said constituent entities of the Russian Federation shall exercise the powers envisaged by Federal Constitutional Law No.1-FCZ On Martial Law of January 30, 2002, for conducting mobilisation activities in the economy, in the executive government bodies of the said constituent entities of the Russian Federation and local self-government bodies, as well as measures to deal with civil defence and protection of the population and territories against natural and manmade emergencies, and shall exercise the powers for implementing measures to meet the needs of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, other troops, military units and bodies, and to satisfy the needs of the population.

In accordance with Federal Law No. 61-FZ On Defence of May 31, 1996, and other normative legal acts of the Russian Federation, territorial defence shall be conducted and interdepartmental coordinating bodies (territorial defence headquarters) shall be established on the territory of the said constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

In addition, a regime (medium response level) shall be introduced on the territory of the Republic of Crimea, the Krasnodar Territory, the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk and Rostov regions and Sevastopol, a city of federal significance, whereby top officials (executive government bodies) of the said constituent entities of the Russian Federation shall be given relevant powers. The Executive Order also lists the measures they must carry out.

A regime (high alert level) shall be introduced on the territories of the Russian Federation constituent entities which are part of the Central Federal District and the Southern Federal District, with the exception of the aforementioned constituent entities of the Russian Federation, whereby top officials (executive government bodies) of the said constituent entities of the Russian Federation shall be given relevant powers. The Executive Order also lists the measures they must carry out.

A regime (basic readiness level) shall be introduced on the territories of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation which are not mentioned in the Executive Order, whereby top officials (executive government bodies) of the said constituent entities of the Russian Federation shall be given relevant powers. The Executive Order also lists the measures they must carry out.

According to the Executive Order, a list of measures to be taken, the timeframe, specifics and order of their implementation shall be determined by decisions of top official of a Russian Federation constituent entity independently, with due account of the current situation and the arising risks on the territory of this region of the Russian Federation.

Top officials of the Russian Federation constituent entities were instructed to establish operational headquarters for implementing the measures envisaged by this Executive Order. Operational headquarters of a Russian Federation constituent entity shall be headed by the top official of the said constituent entity. The operational headquarters shall include representatives of the Defence Ministry, heads of the territorial bodies of the Interior Ministry, the Ministry for Civil Defence, Emergency Situations and Natural Disaster Relief, the Federal Security Service, and the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops, as well as representatives of public authority of the relevant Russian Federation constituent entity and other organisations.

According to the Executive Order, decisions by top official of a Russian Federation constituent entity (operational headquarters) adopted within his or her competence, shall be mandatory for implementation by regional executive government bodies, local self-government bodies, territorial bodies of federal authority operating in the relevant constituent entity of the Russian Federation, and other bodies, including collegial ones, organisations operating in the relevant constituent entity of the Russian Federation, and citizens registered as living on this territory or those staying on the territory of the relevant region of the Russian Federation.