Volgograd region: bullying of military personnel motivated by national hatred

In December 2011, in military unit 22220 Volgograd region, a fact of bullying of military personnel was recorded on the grounds of national hatred.

It is reported that Shamil Belonos beat his colleague for the fact that he refused to chop wood, was photographed with a machine gun in his hands, directed at five soldiers, whom he forced to line up on the parade ground, as well as took pictures of soldiers with the inscriptions "Chechnya-95" and "Chechnya-Armenia" written on their backs with foam for shaving. For the last photo Sh. Belonos specially raised his colleagues in the middle of the night.

A criminal case has been opened on the fact of bullying.

The incident became known in October 2012 from the news about the transfer of the case to court.

Recall that in October 2011 a similar incident took place in one of the military units of the Altai Territory: a native of from Ingushetia, Ruslan Dobriev woke up nine of his colleagues at night and with the help of beatings and threats, he forced them to undress to the waist. Shoe cream on on the back of every soldier he wrote letter by letter so that the result is the phrase "Ingush power".

Another episode of bullying of soldiers motivated by hatred occurred in one of the military units of the Chelyabinsk region, a similar incident occurred: Private Zaynalabid Gimbatov by force forced three of his Russian colleagues to dance lezginka and beat them for performing incorrect dance moves.

Sources

• In Volgograd, a soldier will be tried for the word "Chechnya" on the backs of colleagues // TVNZ. 2012. October 3.