11:00, 1 July 2026

The serviceman was convicted in Kabardino-Balkaria for prolonged absence from service.

The court in Nalchik sentenced serviceman Alexander Ilyin to five years in prison, finding him guilty of being absent from service for four months.

According to the case materials, serviceman Alexander Ilyin did not report for duty at the scheduled time on December 17, 2024. Police found him on April 16 of this year in Mozdok. The investigation believes that Ilyin spent all this time at his discretion, including at his place of residence.

The Nalchik garrison military court found Alexander Ilyin guilty of failing to report for duty on time and sentenced him to five years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, the court's press service reported today on its page in the social network "VKontakte".

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that earlier the court in Nalchik sentenced serviceman Akhmed Shamurzaev to five years of imprisonment, finding him guilty of evading military service.

Translated automatically via OpenAI from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/424559