“Mediazona”: a Russian deserter was kidnapped in Astana, later he ended up in Omsk, where he was sentenced to six years in prison
Employees of the criminal investigation department of Buryatia kidnapped in Kazakhstan a Russian contract soldier Kamil Kasimov, who deserted from the army so as not to participate in the war in Ukraine. Later, the military man, bypassing the legal procedures of deportation and extradition, was taken to Russia, where he was sentenced to six years in prison in the case of desertion during wartime, writes Mediazona. Kasimov’s detention became known in May 2024.