The Rostov court received the country's first case of looting against a military man who fought in Ukraine

The Rostov-on-Don garrison military court received a case of looting against military man Ruslan Kachlavov, noted Mediazona . This is the first case brought to court against a military man under this article, which was introduced after the invasion of Ukraine and the announcement of mobilization.

In addition to “looting on an especially large scale,” the military man is accused of two counts of abuse of power - with the use of violence and weapons, as well as with grave consequences and selfish motives. Kachlavov is also accused of possession of drugs on a large scale and illegal possession of firearms and explosives using his official position.

Mediazona managed to find references to a military man from Vladikavkaz named Ruslan Kachlavov. In 2014, he was represented in government procurement as a deputy battalion commander in military unit 3724 - in a separate operational brigade of Vladikavkaz, which now belongs to the Russian Guard. In 2017-2018, he was listed as the head of the unit.

Kachlavov and other Russian Guards took part in the war in Ukraine from the first days of the invasion. the pro-war North Ossetian telegram channel Alania_online Z In March 2022, published a video of a feast of people in uniform, allegedly filmed in Kherson during the celebration of the National Guard Day. At the head of the table, according to the description, was Lieutenant Colonel Kachlavov.

In February 2023, President Vladimir Putin, by decree, awarded Lieutenant Colonel Ruslan Kachlavov with the Zhukov Medal. about this wrote In March, North Ossetian public pages , and a month later, under one of these posts on VKontakte, comments appeared about the detention of a military man.

Mediazona was unable to contact either Kachlavov himself or his lawyer Sergei Baldzhi.