The Tagansky Court of Moscow acquitted Pavel Gubarev, the former "people's governor" of the Donetsk region, of "discrediting the army." The decision was based on the lack of evidence of a violation.

The charge stemmed from Gubarev's publications concerning the Akhmat unit. According to him, the investigation was initiated by Akhmat commander Apti Alaudinov, deputy head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces.

Gubarev denied his guilt, claiming that the purpose of his publications was to criticize Alaudinov's activities and to draw attention to why Akhmat, despite its resources, was not making a sufficient contribution to the "SVO." At the defense's request, an additional linguistic analysis was conducted, which found no evidence of discrediting the Russian armed forces in Gubarev's publications.

Pavel Gubarev previously expressed his opinion that the launch of the "SVO" was inappropriate and criticized the "Putin regime" as "based on fear." He also commented on Russia's losses, estimating them at one million, and effectively called on the military to mutiny if the conflict were frozen.

In a recent interview with Yuri Dud, recognized as a foreign agent in Russia, Gubarev again criticized "Akhmat," citing the inefficient use of resources, violation of military regulations, as well as the presence of brothels, drug trafficking, kidnapping, and racketeering in the new territories, without specifying who exactly was involved.