A military court in Bashkortostan sentenced a contract soldier to 3 years in prison in the case of leaving his unit during the period of mobilization

The Ufa Garrison Military Court sentenced Salavat Mirasov, a resident of Bashkortostan, to three years in prison in the case of unauthorized abandonment of a military unit during the period of mobilization (Part 5 of Article 337 of the Criminal Code). Kommersant was told about this by the court’s press service.

Mirasov was also charged 14 thousand rubles as compensation to his public defender.

According to the prosecution, the soldier signed a two-year contract in January. In July, “not wanting to participate in a special military operation,” he did not return from vacation to his unit in the city of Chebarkul in the Chelyabinsk region. Until October, Mirasov lived in the Uchalinsky district of Bashkortostan; he arrived at the military registration and enlistment office only in October after mobilization was announced.

The refusenik admitted his guilt and repented. At the trial, he claimed that he did not return to the unit because he was helping his father, a disabled person of the second group. However, the judge did not consider this a mitigating circumstance, since the elderly man has a sister who can look after him.

In mid-December, a military court in Chelyabinsk sentenced the contract soldier to 5 years and 1 month in prison. According to Mediazona, from January to early December, the courts received 948 cases of unauthorized abandonment. Against the backdrop of the war, there are more cases than in 2021. Particularly noticeable growth begins in the summer.