The Minister of Justice of Tatarstan spoke about assistance to the participants of the special military operation and their family members
In the first quarter of 2025, lawyers of Tatarstan provided free legal assistance to more than 440 veterans of special military operations and their family members. Rustem Zagidullin, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Tatarstan, with the support of the Centre for Regional Management of the Republic of Tatarstan, told a live broadcast on the public website of the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan with the support of the Centre for Regional Management of the Republic of Tatarstan.
According to him, today in the Republic of Tatarstan there are two systems of free legal aid: state and non-state. The main participants of the state system are executive authorities and their subordinate institutions, the State Legal Bureau of Tatarstan, the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Tatarstan, more than a hundred lawyers and notaries. In addition, free legal aid can also be provided by participants of the non-governmental system, such as legal clinics established at higher educational institutions and non-governmental centres for free legal aid. In Tatarstan there are 7 legal clinics and 1 non-governmental centre, which has branches in Naberezhnye Chelny and Nizhnekamsk.
To receive free legal aid, participants of special military operations must have a passport and a document confirming the right to receive free legal aid: a certificate from a military unit, a certificate of special military operation participant. For relatives of the serviceman, a document confirming the kinship will be required. The Minister of Justice added that from 1 April 2025 the right to free legal aid will be available to large families raising three or more children.
During the live broadcast Rustem Zagidullin also said that last year more than 800 participants of the special military operation and their family members received free legal aid. He noted that most of the applicants turned to the State Legal Bureau of the Republic of Tatarstan for assistance.
The State Legal Bureau regularly holds travelling receptions directly in military hospitals where servicemen receive the necessary treatment.
«The last such reception was held on 14 May, where we invited representatives of various state bodies, including a notary and specialists from the Federal Migration Service. Two soldiers who are undergoing treatment at the hospital came in with a rather mundane question: ‘We lost our passports on the front line.’ The staff promptly took their applications, they were photographed right in the hospital and soon they will receive restored documents», said the Minister.
He added that a section life situations has appeared in the application «Card of the Resident of the Republic of Tatarstan» for popular questions. In this section it is possible to find solutions to specific legal issues in a convenient format, in the form of step-by-step instructions. One of the sections is dedicated to participants of the special military operation and their families. There you can find information on, among other things, payments for injuries, write-off of credit liabilities for participants of special military operations, and more.