The Sochi garrison military court sentenced contract soldier Alexander Kondratiev to five and a half years in prison in the case of unauthorized abandonment of his place of service (parts 4 and 5 of Article 337 of the Criminal Code). Kavkaz.ru drew attention to the court's decision. Realities».
According to the verdict, Kondratiev left the military unit on July 25, and returned to it on December 30. He was hiding in the village of Afipsky, Krasnodar Territory, where he «spent time at his own discretion.» The man pleaded guilty, the court considered his participation in the war in Ukraine as a mitigating circumstance.
The press service of the court reports that Kondratiev signed a three-year contract with the Ministry of Defense “to perform special tasks” on March 22, 2022. On April 15, he was already in Ukraine. Presumably, the military left the unit located in the combat zone and traveled to the Kuban on passing cars.
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. This is more than the entire previous year.
Everyone is going to Sochi. In four months of 2023, the courts have already received more AWOL cases than in the entire previous year