The person who escaped from the mobilized unit was sent to a colony-settlement

The military court in Vladimir sentenced the mobilized Vitaly Ryazanov to two years in a colony-settlement in the case of involuntary desertion.

“Mediazona” publication reports that Ryazanov was mobilized in the Lipetsk region on September 28. Later, he signed a contract for the position of “sanitary instructor of the engineering and sapper company” and was sent to the training center in the city of Kovrov, Vladimir region. However, on October 18, without waiting to be sent to the front, he “climbed over the fence” and left the location of the unit.

On October 30, Ryazanov was detained by members of the military police in one of the city’s bars, where, according to the materials of the criminal case, he stayed for two weeks, including spending the night.

It is noted that in court the mobilized man admitted his guilt, stated that he did not plan to avoid service, but just wanted to rest.

• In September of last year, the Russian authorities tightened the punishment for the arbitrary abandonment of military units or places of service, introducing the concepts of “mobilization” and “martial position” into the relevant legislation. Since that time, hundreds of criminal cases have been instituted against Russian servicemen – both those who evaded conscription for the so-called “partial mobilization” and those who refused to take part in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine – for which dozens of sentences have already been issued .