Among those fined are both Russians and foreigners Russians and foreign citizens were fined almost 241 million rubles under the administrative article about “discrediting” the army (20.3.3) and criminal articles about military “fakes” (207.3 and 280.3) for 2.5 years of war. “Verstka” calculated this based on data from the Judicial Department of the Supreme Court.

Over the past year and a half, not a single “draft dodger” has been given a real prison sentence. In the first half of 2024, 427 Russians were convicted of evading conscription for military service (Part 1 of Article 328 of the Criminal Code), Vorstka calculated based on data from the Judicial Department of the Supreme Court. One person was tried for evading alternative civil service (Part 2 of Article 328 of the Criminal Code).

The searches could have been carried out as part of an investigation under the article on the “extremist community” Security forces released after searches and interviews six doctors who were part of chats for helping political prisoners. Doctor Alexander Polupan, who treated Alexei Navalny after poisoning in 2020 in Omsk, told Vorstka about this.

The program also applies to villages that are part of the annexed Sevastopol Rural mortgages, under which you can get up to 6 million rubles at a preferential rate for the construction or purchase of housing in the village, are becoming increasingly popular. The state spent over 250 billion rubles to co-finance the interest rate. In 2024, the largest Russian banks have already exhausted the limit allocated to them and were forced to suspend accepting applications.