Two prisoners from St. Petersburg have filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Defense, which refused to send them to war.
The unusual case attracted the attention of the publication Sever.Realii. It notes that the claims were filed Alexey Popov и Andrey Shuvalov, who have been in pretrial detention since December of last year (they are accused of extorting 1,3 million rubles).
In the press service of the courts St. Petersburg They clarified that both prisoners requested to be sent to war, but the Ministry of Defense denied them contracts. They are now demanding that the military's actions be declared illegal, as they see it as "clear interference with a citizen's desire to fulfill his duty."
Andrei Shuvalov also indicated that he was even prepared to waive cash payments when concluding a contract with the Ministry of Defense.