A serviceman was convicted in Nalchik for evading military service.

A Vladikavkaz resident held a picket to demand the overturning of the sentence for leaving her son's unit, who was deemed fit for service despite a spinal injury sustained at the training ground. Human rights activists called the practice of returning soldiers who had not fully recovered to duty systemic.

In court, Rasulov fully admitted his guilt and "expressed regret for his actions." The defendant was sentenced to two years in prison, and he will serve his sentence in a general regime penal colony.

The court's press service did not disclose the name of the convicted man. According to the case file on the court's website, the convicted man is Kholmurod Rasulov. The case was submitted to the court on November 5, 2025, and was postponed twice due to the defendant's failure to appear. On November 28, the court suspended proceedings due to the defendant's absconding. The verdict was ultimately handed down on May 4 by Judge Pyatov.

As a reminder, on September 21, 2022, Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilization. On October 28 of that year, the Minister of Defense reported to the President on its completion, but no corresponding decree followed. Lawyers concluded that a presidential decree was not needed to end partial mobilization, Putin's press secretary explained.

Moreover, on December 12, 2023, the Maykop Military Court, in its verdict for a mobilized soldier who left his unit in June 2023, emphasized that "partial mobilization was declared in the Russian Federation, which was not completed at the time the crime was committed, ."