The state prosecution asked to be sentenced to 16 years in a colony of maximum regime of the Russian soldier of Roman Ivanishin in the case of voluntary surrender to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Armed Forces). This was reported by Kommersant. The consideration of the case was held in the South Sakhalin garrison military court. Ivanishin is a former soldier of the 39th separate guards motorized rifle rifle of the Red Banner Brigade. He is accused of voluntary surrender (Article 352.1 of the Criminal Code), of attempted crime (part 1 of Article 30, Article 352.1 of the Criminal Code) and desertion (part 3 of Article 338 of the Criminal Code). Isishin worked as a mountain master on Sakhalin, in the army he ended up on mobilization. After a short preparation, his unit was sent to the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. Kommersant writes that a video was published on the Internet, on which the military tells that on June 10, 2023 he was captured by the Armed Forces in the area of the village of Stepnoy, he opposed “” and called on the other military to escape. The investigation claims that Ivanishin twice tried to surrender to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, once he succeeded. In January 2024, as part of a group of 248 Russian military, Ivanishin was exchanged for captured Ukrainian soldiers. After returning to Russia, Ivanishin was under investigation. Ivanishin did not plead guilty. The defense claimed that the crimes incriminated to him were not proven. “Kommersant” called the case of Ivanishin the first criminal case against the Russian soldier accused of voluntary surrender during the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war. In April 2024, Mediazona discovered a card of a military man who was accused of voluntary surrender. The decision on the arrest was issued by the lower South Sakhalin garrison military court. The Mediazon called this case the first known case of applying an article on surrender, entered into the Criminal Code after the start of mobilization in September 2022. There was no information on the court’s website, but probably it was about Ivanishin. (Tagstotranslate) News
