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Russia sentences a soldier to fifteen years in jail for voluntarily surrendering to Ukraine

The Military Court of the Russian island of Sajalín has sentenced to fifteen years in jail the Roman Ivanishin soldier for desertion and voluntary supply to Ukraine, based on the newspaper Kommersant. It is the primary trial of this sort held within the nation, after Moscow launched in September 2022 the crime of voluntary give up, which is punished with sentences between three and ten years in jail.

Ivanishin, who based on the newspaper has denied all of the positions, will meet the sentence in a most safety heart.

This soldier, who beforehand labored as a miner, was captured by Ukrainian troopers in June 2023 and, in a video posted on the Internet, denounced the Russian navy marketing campaign within the neighboring nation, calling different navy to abandon. Ivanishin was returned to Russia in an change of prisoners in January final yr. (Reuters)