08:43, 5 June 2026

A soldier was convicted in Makhachkala for leaving his unit without permission.

A court in Makhachkala sentenced contract soldier Said Khizriev to five years in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his military unit without permission.

According to the case file, contract soldier Said Khizriev failed to report to his duty station after leave and spent his time at his own discretion in the Tsumadinsky District of Dagestan. On January 5, he presented himself to the military investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Dagestan.

The Makhachkala Garrison Military Court sentenced Khizriev to five years in a penal colony, finding him guilty of unauthorized absence from his unit, according to the case file published on the court's website.

No comments were received from Said Khizriev or his representatives regarding the court's decision.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that a court in Nalchik had previously sentenced serviceman Rasim Magomedov to five years in prison, finding him guilty of failing to report for duty at his military unit in Buinaksk on time.

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/423836