A court in Nalchik sentenced an officer to prison for fictitious awards.

Lieutenant Colonel Nurgaleev was sentenced to three years in prison for receiving two medals and the 400,000 rubles due to them.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," a court in Nalchik previously sentenced serviceman Inylyv to prison, finding him guilty of evading military service during mobilization.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced the deputy commander of a military unit to three years in prison for fraudulently receiving state awards. The court also stripped the officer of his illegally obtained awards.

According to the official version, Lieutenant Colonel Nurgaleeva obtained award certificates for the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st and 2nd Classes with swords, through personnel officials in 2023. "The award certificates contained false information submitted by Nurgaleeva about his alleged heroic deeds in combat operations in a special military operation zone," the court's press service said in a statement, as quoted by RIA Novosti. In March 2023 and April 2024, Nurgaleev received these awards, receiving one-time payments totaling over 408,000 rubles.

It is noted that Nurgaleev fully admitted his guilt. The verdict has not yet entered into legal force and can be appealed.

As a reminder, on September 21, 2022, Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilization. On October 28 of that year, the Minister of Defense reported to the president on its completion, but no corresponding decree followed. Lawyers have concluded that a presidential decree is not needed to end partial mobilization, Putin's press secretary explained.

Moreover, on December 12, 2023, a military court in Maykop, in its verdict against a mobilized soldier who left his unit in June 2023, emphasized that "a partial mobilization was declared in the Russian Federation, which was not completed at the time the crime was committed."