In Bashkiria, a military man was sentenced to five years in prison for refusing to fight in Ukraine

The Ufa garrison military court sentenced 24-year-old corporal Marcel Kandarov, who refused to go to war in Ukraine, to five years in a penal colony, the press service of the courts of Bashkiria reports.

The serviceman was accused of evading military service for more than one month during the period of mobilization (Part 5 of Article 337 of the Criminal Code). According to the court, in May last year, Kandarov, “not wanting to take part” in the war, did not appear at his place of service. He was arrested in September.

Part of the article imputed to Kandarov appeared in the code at the end of September, after the announcement of mobilization in Russia. The maximum penalty for this part is ten years in prison.

Source: Press service of the courts of Bashkiria

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