A serviceman from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic was sentenced to a year in prison for failure to appear at a military unit during the period of mobilization

The Nalchik garrison military court found private Khizir Kugotov guilty of evading military service and sentenced him to a year in a general regime colony.

According to investigators, in April 2023, Kugot did not report for duty at the military unit, remaining at home. In May he voluntarily arrived at the location. This was qualified as a violation under Part 3.1 of Art. 337 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Unauthorized leaving of a duty station for a period longer than 10 days, but no more than a month during the period of mobilization is punishable by imprisonment for a term of up to 7 years.

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