The law establishes the procedure for paying monetary compensation to servicemembers who have been captured, taken hostage, interned in neutral states, or gone missing. Such servicemembers retain their monetary compensation until their release or declaration of death. Structurally, the law contains two parts: the main part, which presents a new version of paragraph 6 of Article 9 of the basic law, and final provisions. The main innovations include: the ability of a servicemember to make a personal order regarding the payment of monetary compensation to specified persons, establishing the order of recipients in the absence of such an order, and determining payment amounts for different categories of recipients. Key provisions of the law:
• A servicemember can independently determine the recipients of their monetary compensation in case of captivity
• In the absence of an order, payments are made to family members (50% of compensation) or other specified relatives (20% of compensation)
• Monetary compensation is subject to indexation
• The law does not apply to servicemembers who voluntarily surrendered or deserted
