July 5 (UPI) -- Russian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a measure that would require businesses to accept production contracts from the Russian Armed Forces amid Moscow's war with Ukraine.
The State Duma, Russia's lower chamber of parliament, approved a pair of measures that would essentially force businesses to produce whatever the military requests at a price and time frame set by the government.
One of the bills would allow the state to impose "special economic measures" during military operations and require firms to provide goods and services to the military.
The second would allow the government to dictate the working hours of businesses supplying the goods, including requiring employees to work at night, on weekends or on holidays.
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