Commanders forged a conscript's signature on a contract; he faces being sent to war.

Human rights project "Go through the forest" says history resident Abakan Emil Zhenishbekov, who was drafted into the army in April 2025. 

Soon after arriving at the unit, Emil was offered a driver's license. He was asked to provide a certificate and a driver's license, and was also told to write a report—ostensibly to obtain permission to operate a vehicle, as the equipment was state and military property.

However, a few days later he learned from other military personnel that it was not a matter of transferring to the position of driver, but of a contract.

"I immediately ran to Captain Shepilov, the platoon commander. He said, 'Yes, it's a contract.' I said, 'I didn't sign up for this, cancel it.' He replied, 'Okay, I hear you,'" Emil recounted. 

Emil's parents, who arrived at the unit, demanded a copy of the contract and discovered that the signature on the document didn't match their son's. A handwriting expert at a private organization confirmed that the signature on the contract wasn't his. Despite this, the military court refused to order a state forensic examination three times.

After this, the officers began threatening the conscript with criminal charges and being sent on an assault mission if he didn't honor his contract. 800 rubles were transferred to his military card, after which he blocked the card and stopped using it.

After training, Emil was sent to train as a radar operator. His lawyer filed a complaint with the Supreme Court. There are no results yet.

Conscripts are tricked into signing contracts and being sent to war, and sometimes signatures are simply forged. Such cases have occurred in Buryatia, Primorsky Krai, Chelyabinsk и Sakhalin Oblast. Achieve termination of contracts managed military personnel who were traveling by train to their place of service in Ussuriysk: They signed contracts after the beatings.