Maxim Ivanidi
Maxim Ivanidi, born 2000, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 337 part 5, Russian Criminal Code (Unauthorized absence or desertion during combat operations); “Maksim Ivanidi's case of unauthorised absence in a unit”. Sentence (September 20, 2023): 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 1, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 9, Krasnodar Krai.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Krasnodar · Military personnel · Anti-war cases
Sentence
5 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 337 part 5, Russian Criminal Code — Unauthorized absence or desertion during combat operations
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigators' version of events, he refused to report to the military unit where he was supposed to serve.
Latest event
September 20, 2023 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 5 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Persecution begins
Maksim Ivanidi's case of unauthorised absence in a unit
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai
Criminal case
Maksim Ivanidi's case of unauthorised absence in a unit
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 9, Krasnodar Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
352671, Краснодарский край, Апшеронский район, г. Хадыженск, ул. Грибоедова, д. 42, Хадыженск | ФКУ ИК-9 УФСИН России по Краснодарскому Краю, Иваниди Максим Олегович, 2000 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Contract serviceman. According to his mother, he repeatedly refused to participate in the war, incidentally for religious and moral reasons, explaining that he has relatives in Ukraine. He was threatened and his discharge report was not accepted. After the mobilisation was announced, Ivanidi submitted a request to be appointed to a position corresponding to his military speciality and, if there were no vacant positions, to be dismissed from the armed forces. A few days later he was told to report to another unit. In the other unit, according to his mother, he was told that there were no vacant positions for him. Ivanidi returned home and started working in a shop. The indictment alleges that he simply failed to report to the unit. On July 12th 2023, he was detained. On September 21st Ivanidi was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony. He did not appeal against the sentence, explaining that he was better off in a penal colony than in the army.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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