The Borzinsky garrison military court sentenced serviceman Sergei Sychev to six years of probation with a probationary period of five years in the case of unauthorized abandonment of his place of service for a month or more during the period of mobilization (parts 4 and 5 of Article 337 of the Criminal Code). Tayga drew attention to the case card on the court website.
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
The verdict was announced on June 6, yesterday the press service of the court published a press release with the details of the case. According to the publication, on August 16, 2022, the serviceman did not appear at the military unit from a business trip and “began to spend time at his own discretion, being in various settlements.”
At the end of December last year, Sychev appeared at the military authorities. During the trial, the serviceman pleaded guilty and repented of his deed, the publication says.
After analyzing the data on the websites of military courts, Mediazona found out that from January to May 2023, they received more than 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.