A Russian military court sentenced a 15 -year prison soldier for voluntarily surrendering to Ukraine, the first prosecution of Moscow, according to state media.
The Roman Ivanishin, a soldier from Sakhalin’s oriental island, was declared guilty on Tuesday for charges of dropout, voluntary surrender and trying to voluntarily deliver to Whe supposedly new combatants were given in 2023, the Kommersant.
Ivanishin, who was supposedly seen in a video after his capture denouncing the invasion of Ukraine in Russia and asked his fellow soldiers to the desert.
The complete details of the case and the charges collected against the miner and veteran of the Russian wars in Chechnya are still not clear since the trial was a hero behind the closed doors.
Ivanishin was sent as part of the Moscow invasion force in 2022 and served in the 39th separated guard from the motorized rifle brigade.
The soldier was fighting in the Donetsk region of Ukraine when he was captured on June 10, 2023, spending about six months in captivity before being released as part of a Power exchange between kyiv and Moscow.
Upon his return to Russia, the rifleman was arrested and accused of voluntarily yielding and abandoning Moscow’s forces, which makes them deny them.
Ivanishin’s defense had sought an incorporator, claiming that there was no evidence of having committed any crime against Russia.
It is still an uncle if Ivanishin’s video condemning the war in Ukraine was filmed while he was under coercion after his capture.
After the guilt verdict, Ivanishin was scheduled to comply with its 15 -year sentence within a maximum security prison.
After the invasion of Ukraine, Russia introduced a law that criminally voluntary surrender, with the crime punished with a prison of three to 10 years.
Russian lawyer Alexander Pochuev has noticed that the law is full of holes that make it impossible for a soldier to be “legally”.
“You can only be captured against your will, for example, in an unconscious or helpless state. And the burden of demonstrating these circumstances lies in the fighter,” the lawyer told Kommersant.
With publication cables