INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian soldiers may now be able to avoid criminal prosecution if they serve on the frontline in Ukraine, the Kommersant business daily
where Corporal Vladislav Ustinov was handed a two-year prison sentence in May 2022 for running over and killing two people.But instead of
being dismissed from the military following his conviction, Ustinov was sent to to fight in Ukraine, where Kommersant says he is still
Bizyukin.Days before the Supreme Court ruling, Russian lawmakers approved legislation allowing convicts to clear their criminal records in
month admitted to granting pardons for prisoners fighting in Ukraine,signed a law in November allowing the conscription of Russian citizens
with unexpunged or outstanding convictions for serious crimes.
