"Identity Revealed": A Kuznetsk resident was sent to war, with three children at home.
Valery Melekhin, a resident of Kuznetsk in the Penza region, was detained on November 2 after signing a contract with the Ministry of Defense. His wife, who is visually impaired, is requesting an investigation into his detention and the forced contract.
Resident Kuznetsk Valeria Melekhina He was detained on November 2, citing the need to "establish his identity." Police then informed his wife that he had been placed in a temporary detention facility and would return home immediately after National Unity Day, November 5.
Detention and dispatch to war
However, on the specified day, Melehin never returned, since he was already in Rostov region and signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense.
His wife Olesya Melekhina — a first-degree visually impaired person. She was left with three children, two of whom were young, aged 4 and 6.
"Now I'm left alone with my children without any support or assistance. The situation is critical!" — she wrote on her VKontakte page.
One of her most recent posts was published on October 18th, where the kindergarten students read poems for Father's Day.
My protector and mentor,
Best friend and my hero.
This is all, of course, dad!
We celebrate your holiday!
The military registration and enlistment office refused to provide information.
And already on November 6, the visually impaired woman posted a video from the threshold of the military registration and enlistment office, where they refused to speak with her or provide any information about her missing husband, citing "secrecy."
"Military Commissar Zamotaev fled, and a meeting immediately began with him," she said.
They refused to help her write a complaint. And, according to her, the application won't be reviewed until November 10th: "To stall for time, so that the person would definitely end up in some unit."
Yesterday she contacted the head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin, to the Prosecutor General Alexander Gutanu and the Human Rights Commissioner To Yana Lantratova with a request to “conduct an investigation into the fact of his illegal detention and coercion to sign a contract.”
Melekhina also clarified that her husband is survived by an 86-year-old mother and a disabled sister.
There is no response from the governor yet.
A link to this story was published in the comments to the governor's post. Oleg Melnichenko about "family values" back on November 7, but there is still no response.
Meanwhile, dozens of concerned residents are leaving supportive comments on Olesya Melekhina's page. Some are sharing similar stories. One user reported that on June 5, police detained her uncle in a similar manner, promising to release him within 24 hours. However, it later emerged that he had signed a contract that same evening and was sent to the Rostov region. Twenty-four days later, he was declared missing.
In August, the Penza Ministry of Internal Affairs argued, which has nothing to do with the forced dispatch of citizens to the front and that individuals operating in the region are detaining men under the guise of police officers. It was also noted that "due to the current situation, ordinary residents are increasingly coming to the defense of offenders, preventing their detention by real police officers."