INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
military court records.The figure is double the amount of cases registered in all of 2022 and three times the number in 2021, according to
despite the uptick in desertion cases, Mediazonasaid.Unauthorized absence from units during mobilization, martial law or wartime
have receivedsuspended sentences.The lighter punishments allow the military to return the troops back to the frontline after standing trial
receiving more prison sentences than contract soldiers.Most of those convicted since March have been mobilized soldiers, according to
call-up campaign that sparked a mass exodus of military-age Russians last fall.
