The Buryatia authorities have changed the rules for receiving a regional medal for participation in the "SVO"
Military personnel who have gone AWOL or were previously convicted of particularly dangerous crimes will not be eligible for the award, according to a new version of the decree on the commemorative medal "Grateful Buryatia," signed by the head of the republic. Alexey Tsydenov.
The restrictions will apply to convictions for serious and especially serious crimes against the person, sexual inviolability and sexual freedom, against the family and minors, as well as against public health and public morality.
Now, to receive the medal "For Participation in the Special Military Operation. Grateful Buryatia," SVEO officers from the republic will need to present a certificate of criminal record.
Alexey Tsydenov approved this commemorative medal in May 2024. The number of medals ordered at that time indicated that at least 10 residents of Buryatia participated in the war with Ukraine, according to People of Baikal. There were no new orders for medals in 2025.
For example, earlier the administration Kyakhta district Buryatia called a man killed in the war a "hero" Andrey Igumnov, who stabbed to death an elderly man with a disability. He was supposed to serve 18 years in a penal colony, but he enlisted in the front and died less than a month later.
Photo: Official portal of the Republic of Buryatia