The Russian troopers are taking away weapons from the fight zone; dozens of servicemen have already been placed on trial for mishandling weapons.
Supply: Vyorstka, Russian Telegram channel
Particulars: Because the starting of the full-scale battle in February 2022, at the least 42 servicemen in Russia have appeared in courtroom for the appropriation, storage, transportation and carrying of weapons, ammunition and explosive gadgets (Articles 222 and 222.1 of the Legal Code of the Russian Federation). Vyorstka has found this by finding out the bases of all Russian garrison army courts.
Judging by the revealed verdicts, the Russian troopers carry the firearms discovered on the entrance again house or preserve unused cartridges and grenades for themselves. They carry them to army models, hiding them in armoured vests, backpacks and sleeping luggage, then carry them to a secret place, and when going house on trip, they take these weapons with them.
A minimum of 18 servicemen who had come house from the battle have already been convicted. Two dozen extra are awaiting a courtroom choice.
One soldier was despatched to jail for two.5 years. In the course of the inspection on the checkpoint of the Crimean bridge, which he used to come back house, 4 hand grenades, 5 bullets and a smoke grenade have been present in his backpack. The soldier advised investigators that he was carrying explosive gadgets “for private security.”
The remainder of the servicemen have been fined for a number of tens of hundreds of roubles and acquired suspended phrases. Typically weapons have been discovered throughout inspections at checkpoints, Highway Patrol Service posts and prepare stations.
For instance, when looking out a soldier from Kursk, who was coming house by way of Crimea, an worker of the State Highway Security Inspectorate discovered a Val rifle, a Makarov pistol and 300 rounds of ammunition in his backpack.
In Samara Oblast, staff of the Highway Patrol Service discovered a Makarov pistol and two loaded magazines within the automobile of a soldier from Chelyabinsk, through which he was coming house from the battle.
At a prepare station in Voronezh Oblast, an F-1 hand grenade was seized from a soldier after he had his backpack scanned with an X-ray. Later, he advised investigators that he needed to make use of the grenade for fishing.
Those that handle to carry weapons house preserve them of their residences and cottage homes.
In Reutov (Moscow Oblast), two buddies who got here house from the battle gave loaded magazines from a Kalashnikov assault rifle and a Dragunov rifle to the proprietor of the residence they rented. She took the ammunition, and some days after that, she known as the police.
In Bryansk, one other soldier took a fragmentation grenade from the entrance, introduced it to the service residence and put it on a shelf within the hall. On the identical day, he had a combat together with his spouse. The policemen, who arrived on the scene, noticed the grenade and known as the bomb disposal consultants.
One of many convicts received drunk and began firing his pistol in a public place. He discovered a Makarov pistol with cartridges and an RGD-5 grenade underneath the seat of a fight car that returned to the unit after the battle. He saved the discover within the floor, and three weeks after that, he dug up a gun, took it with him for a stroll and began capturing into the air close to a grocery retailer. The courtroom assigned him obligatory works.
A number of servicemen who took fight ammunition from the entrance managed to keep away from prison legal responsibility: their circumstances have been closed. They satisfied the courtroom that they got here to their senses and made amends by giving public lectures of their army models about duty for unlawful possession of weapons and by donating 5 to 10 thousand roubles to assist youngsters.
In August 2022, in Smolensk Oblast, 4 armed males, one in all them being a contracted soldier, attacked Ukrainian refugees at a brief lodging level. The identical month, in Rostov-on-Don, a army officer shot a taxi driver from a Makarov pistol as the 2 argued about politics.
In December in Petrozavodsk, one other soldier killed his spouse with a handgun, Vyorstka emphasised.
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