The court ruled that the ban on a contract soldier from Kaspiysk returning from the SVO zone was legal.

The appellate court ruled that the denial of a Dagestani contract soldier's request to return from the combat zone while his lawsuit against the hospital commander and head was being considered was lawful.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," in September 2022, Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization. Following this, residents of southern Russia repeatedly complained about what they considered to be the unlawful conscription of men with serious health problems or exemptions from mobilization.

15:37 28.02.2023

Court dismisses claim of mobilized resident of Volgograd Oblast against military registration and enlistment office

The Volgograd Garrison Military Court dismissed the claim of Dmitry Denisov, who was mobilized despite chronic illnesses. He challenged the legality of his mobilization without a medical examination. The defense intends to request a military medical commission.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don denied preliminary defense to Corporal Ivan Korobov of the Marine Regiment based in Kaspiysk. A representative for a contract soldier demanded his return from the combat zone while he sued the hospital and military unit. Korobov claimed he was sent to the front without a mandatory medical examination, the publication 1 reported on May 10.

According to the case file on the court's website, a judge heard the case alone (without summoning any parties involved) on April 27. The case file was updated on May 5th to include the text of the appellate ruling.

The document states that on March 17th, the military court in Makhachkala refused to grant Ivan Korobov's petition "for the application of preliminary protective measures in an administrative claim," which sought to have the inaction of the military unit commander and the head of the military hospital declared illegal.

08:14 28.03.2026

The case of a contract soldier from Vladikavkaz highlights the problem of violations of military personnel's rights

A Vladikavkaz resident, at a picket, demanded that the sentence for abandoning her son's unit, who was found fit for service despite a spinal injury sustained at the training ground, be overturned. Human rights activists called the practice of returning soldiers to active duty without proper medical treatment systemic.

Korobov appealed to the court through a representative and claimed that the unit commander failed to send him for a follow-up examination and a repeat medical examination by a military medical commission to determine his fitness for military service. The contract soldier requested that the commander be obliged to rescind the order of February 25, 2026, sending him to the military operation zone and send him to a military hospital for a medical examination.

Furthermore, Korobov requested that the hospital chief's inaction in not conducting a follow-up examination and a repeat medical examination by the commission be declared illegal, and that he be obliged to carry out these actions and send the results to a higher military medical commission for approval.

"At the same time, the representative of the administrative plaintiff filed an application for preliminary protective measures in the form of returning I.A. Korobov from the special military operation zone to the permanent deployment point of the military unit," the publication states.

He cannot fully perform combat missions, and therefore his life and health are at risk.

The judge of the Makhachkala Garrison Military Court did not The application was granted, and it was appealed.

23:48 04.01.2023

Mobilization deprived contract soldiers from southern Russia of the opportunity to resign

Garrison courts in the south of Russia are refusing to satisfy claims from military personnel seeking dismissal due to the expiration of their contracts, citing the mobilization decree.

"According to the author of the complaint, the judge of the garrison military court came to the wrong conclusion to deny the application for preliminary protective measures, since I.A. Korobov, who has a number of illnesses and was initially recognized by the conclusion of the Military Medical Commission "B" as partially fit for military service, cannot fully perform combat missions, and therefore his life and health are at risk," the document states.

However, the appellate court referred to the response of the military unit commander to the request of the garrison military court, according to which Korobov was "sent to the place of performance of official duties for treatment and military medical commission" on February 25, 2026.

"This circumstance is also confirmed by the contested order of February 25, 2026, No. 34. Thus, the mere presence of the administrative plaintiff in the territory of the special military operation, where The provision of medical care does not indicate the impossibility or difficulty of protecting the rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests of the administrative plaintiff. [...] The judge of the garrison military court came to the correct conclusion that it was necessary to deny the application for preliminary protective measures in the administrative claim," the district military court stated and denied the appeal.