The Tomsk garrison military court sentenced private Dmitry Tortumashev to five and a half years of probation in the case of unauthorized abandonment of the unit. This was reported by the joint press service of the military courts.
500 «five hundredths». Since the beginning of the mobilization, the military courts have received more than half a thousand cases against refuseniks — a study by Mediazona
According to the card of the criminal case, the court made a decision yesterday, May 23. Tortumashev was found guilty of leaving the service without permission for more than a month during the period of mobilization (Part 5 of Article 337 of the Criminal Code).
As the court clarified, on December 11, 2022, the serviceman left the military unit, «wishing to take a break from the performance of official duties, in order to temporarily evade military service.» The military police detained him two months later.
After analyzing the data on the websites of military courts, Mediazona found out that from January to May 2023, they received over a thousand cases of “AWOL” (Article 337 of the Criminal Code). This is more than the entire previous year. In addition, under this article, the courts often assign suspended sentences — this allows you to send convicts to the front. context-cite__image» alt=»1″ />Everyone is going to Sochi. In four months of 2023, the courts have already received more AWOL cases than in the entire previous year