A pardoned soldier from the Wagner PMC, returning from the war without a leg, stabbed an acquaintance and urinated on him Editorial “Layout” March 27, 2024 | The crime occurred on the night of July 27 at the Voroshilovsky market in Kerch A court in annexed Crimea sentenced pardoned Wagner PMC fighter Vyacheslav Duplenko to 5.5 years in a maximum security colony for intentionally causing grievous bodily harm resulting in death. In March 2024, the appeal court upheld this verdict.

Contract service: “Being inside there, it’s difficult to protect yourself” Editorial “Layout” March 27, 2024 | How to avoid a contract with the Ministry of Defense and is it possible to break it? What to do if the army forces you to serve under a contract? Is it possible to refuse a contract with the Ministry of Defense, stop the process of concluding it, and how to terminate an already concluded contract? In the near future, these issues may become quite relevant for Russian conscripts.