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1/ A pregnant woman has sentenced to six years in jail in Russia for evading mobilisation, in the first case of its kind. Despite her pregnancy, she was convicted for failing to appear when she was summoned to her unit. ⬇️

2/ The Russian newspaper Kommersant reports that Corporal Madina Kabaleva, from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, was convicted by a court in the Russian Army's Southern Military District for "failure to appear for service without good reason during the period of mobilisation".

3/ Kabaleva is reported to have "applied to the medical company of her military unit, where she received a recommendation for temporary release from military service due to pregnancy, as well as the presence of a child born in 2018."

4/ She admitted the facts but justified her absence by the fact of her medical certificate and deferment from service due to pregnancy. However, Kommersant reports, "the military prosecutor did not accept these arguments, asking for a guilty verdict against Corporal Kabaleva."

5/ "Justifying this requirement, a representative of the supervisory agency indicated that the defendant did not leave military service due to pregnancy, but, on the contrary, continued to receive the required allowance and enjoy the available benefits."

6/ The court sentenced her to six years in a general regime prison colony, deferred until her child's 14th birthday in 2032. The ruling was immediately appealed, but was confirmed by an appellate court.

7/ Around 41,000 women were serving in the Russian armed forces in 2020 (approximately 4.26% of total active duty forces). They face a culture of sexual exploitation in which many find themselves harassed into becoming officers' 'field wives'. /end

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Source:
kommersant.ru/amp/6223018