In Kamchatka, the military was sentenced to 2.5 years for refusing to fight in Ukraine
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In Kamchatka, a military court sentenced two servicemen who refused to participate in hostilities in Ukraine to two years and six months in a general regime colony. The decision was made by the 35th Garrison Military Court. This is reported by Sibir.Realii.
According to the court, Alexander Stepanov refused to travel to Ukraine on January 18, 2023, while at the headquarters of one of the military units in Kamchatka. On January 21, Andrey Mykhaylov refused to carry out a similar order of the commander while in a club of one of the military units of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. They were found guilty of disobeying the command’s order during the mobilization period.
The court sentenced the second serviceman, who left the military unit in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on February 16, without the permission of the command, to five years in a general regime prison. On February 27, he was detained by FSB officers in one of the populated areas of the region.
- From the beginning of mobilization in Russia in September 2022 to the end of April 2023, Russian military courts received 1,064 criminal cases against soldiers who voluntarily left their place of service, refused to obey orders, or deserted.
- In September 2022, Vladimir Putin signed a law on amendments to the Criminal Code, which increased prison terms for desertion and desertion during hostilities and mobilization. The first criminal case was initiated in December 2022 in Murmansk.
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