"Refused to participate in combat." A Siberian soldier was sentenced to a penal colony for refusing to fight.
The Borzinsky Garrison Military Court issued this sentence against a serviceman. Mikhail Demin.
"The serviceman, without valid reasons or legal grounds, verbally and then in writing refused to participate in combat operations. This was expressed by his refusal to leave on a business trip to perform combat and special missions in accordance with the order of the military unit commander communicated to him," the court statement reads.
As a result, the court sentenced Demin to two years and two months in a penal colony.