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ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Charges: Article 332 part 2.1, Russian Criminal Code (Failure to obey orders during combat operations); “Case of an officer for failure to obey an order in wartime”. Sentence (September 1, 2023): 2 years 3 months of imprisonment in a penal colony. Status: imprisoned.

In brief

Military personnel · Anti-war cases

Sentence

2 years 3 months

of imprisonment in a penal colony

Verdict September 1, 2023

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

He refused to go to war and then refused to go to serve in the military commandant's office of a Ukrainian city occupied by Russia.

Latest event

September 1, 2023 — first-instance verdict

The court delivered a guilty verdict: 2 years 3 months.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 2 years 3 months

  2. · Persecution begins

    Case of an officer for failure to obey an order in wartime

Criminal case

Case of an officer for failure to obey an order in wartime

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Thematic group: Anti-war case

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Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

An officer in the Russian army. In March 2022, he was ordered to go to war. The serviceman refused. When he was summoned to the commander of the army, the commander told the officer that he himself was from Kharkiv. The officer asked the commander: "Where did you see Nazis in Kharkov, Colonel, really?" After this conversation, the officer wrote that he refused to go to the front for health reasons. He expected to be dismissed, but his dismissal was delayed.

In January 2023, the officer was told they wanted to send him to a military commandant's office in a Ukrainian town occupied by Russia. He refused.

In September 2023, it became known that the officer was sentenced to two years and three months in a penal colony.

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