In Chechnya, a mobilized man was sentenced to five years in prison

The Grozny garrison military court sentenced mobilized Volgograd resident Maxim Galchenko to five years in prison. He was found guilty of leaving his unit without permission (Part 5 of Article 337 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

According to the case materials, Galchenko returned from leave to the military unit with a delay of a month and a half. All this time he lived at home in Volgograd. Subsequently, the man arrived at the unit’s location.

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