The serviceman was convicted in Nalchik for leaving his unit without permission.

The Nalchik garrison military court sentenced serviceman Timur Kharisov to five years in prison for leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on September 24, 2022, parts 2.1, 3.1, and 5 of Article 337 on leaving a unit or place of service without permission during mobilization were introduced into the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The amendments provide for imprisonment for up to 10 years. The tightening of legislation after the announcement of mobilization led to harsher sentences for absence from military units or desertion.

Kharisov was charged with leaving his place of service without permission during mobilization (part 5 of Article 337 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This article provides for imprisonment from five to 10 years.

According to the court, on August 7, 2025, Kharisov left the temporary deployment point of his military unit without valid reasons. For more than eight months, until April 15, 2026, he spent time at his own discretion, including at home. A police officer found him in Mozdok, the press service of the Nalchik garrison military court reported on its “VKontakte” page.

The court imposed the minimum sentence provided by the article - five years in a general regime colony. The court considered as mitigating circumstances that Kharisov acknowledged the illegality of his actions, truthfully described them, and expressed regret for what he had done.

“Caucasian Knot” also reported on the sentence of serviceman Timur Babgoev - the court in Nalchik sent him to a colony for seven years for nine months of absence from his unit.

On September 21, 2022, Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilization. On October 28 of the same year, the Minister of Defense reported to the president about its completion, but no corresponding decree followed. Lawyers concluded that a presidential decree is not needed to complete partial mobilization, explained Putin's press secretary. At the same time, on December 12, 2023, a military court in Maykop emphasized in the sentence of a mobilized individual who left his unit in June 2023 that "a partial mobilization has been announced in the Russian Federation, which at the time of the crime was not completed".