ATTORNEYS / MILITARY LAW
Attorney of the Kovalev, Malyutov, Tsypkalo & Partners Bar Association since 2014. Before the bar, more than twenty years in prosecutorial and investigative posts in the military prosecutor's office; colonel of justice.
Yury Koval graduated from the law faculty of the Military Red Banner Institute in 1992 and for twenty-one years, until 2013, served in prosecutorial and investigative posts in the military prosecutor's office. Colonel of justice. Since 2014 attorney Koval has defended servicemen, conscripts, their families and organisations in disputes where you need to know not only the law but how the army works from the inside.
Yury Valentinovich Koval commented for Lenta.ru on the launch of the unified military registration register and the procedure for electronic call-up notices.
A military attorney handles matters connected with military service: contracts and discharge, pay and housing, challenging command orders, disciplinary penalties, disputes with military commissariats and the Ministry of Defence. Yury Koval knows the military prosecutor's office and the military courts from the inside and assesses the prospects of a case before going to court. More about the practice →
Registration and de-registration, deferments and exemption from conscription, challenging draft board decisions, electronic call-up notices and the unified register, restrictions for those who fail to appear. Attorney Koval advises individuals and employers on the obligations introduced since 2024. More about the practice →
Defence in criminal cases, including offences against military service and cases investigated by military investigative bodies: attending interrogations and investigative actions, challenging pre-trial restraint, defence in the military court. Yury Valentinovich Koval spent more than twenty years on the other side of such cases as an investigator and prosecutor. More about the practice →
Challenging administrative penalties, the actions and inaction of officials, and decisions of state bodies under the Code of Administrative Procedure. Attorney Koval represents clients in courts of general jurisdiction and military courts. More about the practice →
The legal assistance agreement is signed directly with attorney Yury Koval; the fee is paid to the bar association's cash desk or account. The attorney is registered with the Moscow Chamber of Advocates.
The consultation is free when an agreement is signed. On military registration and conscription matters it is important to get in touch before appearing at the commissariat: some decisions are much harder to challenge afterwards.
IN THE MEDIA
Comment18 June 2024Reputation and criminal
Yury Koval, attorney, Kovalev, Malyutov, Tsypkalo & Partners Moscow Bar Association
The law on electronic call-up notices and the unified military registration database was signed in 2023; in April 2024 the government approved the rules for maintaining the register. Its launch was scheduled for 1 November 2024.
Comment18 June 2024Military law
Yury Koval, attorney, Kovalev, Malyutov, Tsypkalo & Partners Moscow Bar Association
How the unified register of persons liable for military service is being launched, how electronic summonses are served through it, and which restrictions attach to a served summons.
QUESTIONS
Disputes between servicemen and the command or the Ministry of Defence, military registration and conscription, criminal cases investigated by military investigative bodies, administrative cases. Yury Koval is a colonel of justice with twenty years in the military prosecutor's office.
Yes. Consultations are held online, documents are accepted electronically, and attorney Yury Koval travels to military courts and investigative bodies under the agreement.
The bar association's phone +7 (499) 460-64-27, the attorney's personal email at mka.moscow shown on this page, or the contact form on the site.
NEXT STEP
Discuss your case with attorney Koval
The consultation is free when an agreement is signed: Yury Koval will tell you whether the matter has prospects and how to build the work.