A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for being absent from his unit

A court in Nalchik sentenced serviceman Mukhammed Mamkhegov to five years in prison for a two-month absence from his unit.

The press service of the Nalchik Garrison Military Court reported on the verdict in another case of failure to appear for duty. On January 10, 2025, during the mobilization period announced by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 647 of September 21, 2022, Mamkhegov, a serviceman of the Ministry of Defense, failed to report for duty at the military unit stationed in Stavropol at the appointed time without good reason.

From January 10 to March 5, 2025, Mamkhegov was at his home in the village of Argudan, Leskensky District, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, and evaded military service.

During the trial, Mamkhegov admitted his guilt. The court sentenced him to five years in a general regime penal colony. The convicted person was taken into custody in the courtroom and placed in a pre-trial detention facility, according to a July 30 message on the court's VKontakte page.

Recall that on September 21, 2022, Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilization. On October 28 of the same year, the Minister of Defense reported to the President on its completion, but no corresponding decree followed. Lawyers have concluded that a presidential decree is not needed to end partial mobilization, Putin's press secretary explained.

At the same time, on December 12, 2023, the military court in Maykop, having sentenced mobilized Vladimir Litenkov to five years in prison for leaving his unit without permission in June 2023, emphasized that "partial mobilization has been declared in the Russian Federation, which was not completed at the time Litenkov committed the crime.