Diseases, fights, suicides. Mobilized in Russia die without reaching the front
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Since the beginning of “partial mobilization” in Russia, at least 14 reservists have died – we are talking about people who did not have time to reach the front and died of various causes in Russian centers and military bases of the Ministry of Defense. Information about the dead is mainly presented in the media, where relatives and gathered mobilized people go. The authorities report these cases very reluctantly, and the blame is placed mainly on the dead.
The BBC has observed only a single report of criminal prosecution, initiation of a danger mobilized for a national team near Tyumen. At the same time, neither the article, nor the excitability of the case, nor the persons involved in the investigation are known. In several other cases, investigators have launched investigations into the deaths of displaced persons.
On Wednesday, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said “mistakes in widespread partial mobilization have been loaded with numerous.”
“Putin said that if we had not done this, we would not have noticed about the quick problems. Therefore, measures are now being taken to put this system in order,” Peskov added.
The BBC gathered investigators about the discovery of detainees throughout Russia.
A single of the first cases of manifestation of an excited state September 27 – Kabardino-Balkaria, a resident of the village of Zvezdny Boris Shavaev died on the parade ground of an industrial base during construction. Thromboembolism was reported as the cause of death.
September 28 mobilization died on the combined disease “Andreevsky” near Tyumen, reported by the media, citing sources in the gastrointestinal organs. Including details, including that the world is dying, are not reported on media requests.
On October 11, in the military investigation department of the Investigative Committee for the Tyumen garrison, the 72.RU publishing house reported that a criminal case had been initiated and investigated in connection with the death of men, but no details were disclosed either. In the environment portal, NEFT, citing sources, said that the man was 49 years old, he worked at a housing and communal services enterprise. “The naked body in a bag was taken to the village and given a certificate signed asphyxia. The cause of death is not “death during hostilities,” not “suicide,” but “other,” the publication claims.
September 28 Reported portal Chita.ru. The fact of death was confirmed to journalists in the military investigation department of the UK, but no other details have appeared since then.
October 3 enrollment at the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School was reported. Information about this was confirmed by the commissioner for human rights in the Novosibirsk region Nina Shalabaeva. According to her, the man died in his sleep.
Later in the ombudsman’s office clarifiedthat the deceased is 35-year-old native of Bratsk Alexander Koltun.
The official cause of Koltun’s death in the medical conclusion is a heart attack, writes Sibir.Realii (included in the register of media “foreign agents” in Russia). However, Koltun’s family suspected that the death was violent. Journalists said that on television, the men found hematomas and traces of fractures.
In addition, according to Koltun’s mother, he complained that “singed vodka” was directly on the collection of export trade. “He said, we walk and wander back and forth, everyone around drinks, they didn’t give us uniforms, they don’t feed us. He said that for now he’s eating up what he took from home,” Siberia.Realii quoted her.
October 3 it became known about three mobilized in the Sverdlovsk region. Two misfortunes in the territory Yelansky garrison training center of the Ministry of Defense in the village of Poroshino. Another died after being sent back.
“One mobilized person died of a seizure, another case was discovered.
However, on the same day The media wrotethat the third deceased – a “decommissioned” 44-year-old resident of the village of Kyzylbulak in the Chelyabinsk region Denis Kozlov could have died due to the consequences of a fight between the mobilized, and not because of cirrhosis of the liver.
“Situation to collect. declared in the Office of Ombudsman Yulia Sudarenko.
The 4th of October The media reported on the death of a mobilized citizen of Krasnoyarsk Dmitry V. (full registration unknown) in the military unit of Omsk.
A close friend of Dmitry, sent with him to Omsk, said that in part of their threats because of a conflict with other mobilized.
“We have a suspicion that he is not himself, because Dima had no suicidal tendencies, no expenses. NGS24.RU the wife of a friend of the deceased.
The examination of the body will be ready in a month and a half, and the Investigative Committee will issue the autopsy procedure to the relatives.
October 5 in Penza, one of the mobilized died at the training ground during training, the PenzaInform publication reported. The name of the 41-year-old deceased has not been released.
On October 11, Elena Rogova, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Penza Region, confirmed to RBC the death of the mobilized.
According to the Ombudsman, according to the data received from the commander of the military unit, the cause of the man’s death was “an acute violation of one of the functions of the body.”
Other details that she does not provide in Jordan, referring to the fact that information about the call for mobilization (including the transfer of military service, about the deployment, combat and mobilization training, personal data on admission) are classified as information about restricted access.
October 6 Media citing sources about the discovery of a 28-year-old mobilized man in Kamenka, Leningrad Region. According to Sirena and LenTV, he received a fatal gunshot wound by shooting himself from a machine gun during practice shooting.
There were no other details or official comments about the incident.
October 7th in the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School involving one deceased mobilized. “Yes, only two now [вместе с погибшим Александром Колтуном]. Don’t know, [что случилось], the investigation is underway, – Shalabaeva confirmed. – When investigative measures are underway, only those who are persecuting them can be explained. Only after the situation is revealed and some exceptions are made.”
local edition “Sibkrai” It was reported that the detainee was from Novosibirsk and, according to relatives, died “as a result of aggressive actions.” His name was not released.
October 9 there were reports of a discovery in Yakutia. As reported by the RIA Novosti agency, citing a source, a man born in 1983, appointed for partial mobilization, fell out of the window of a concentrated point in Kangalassy and fell to his death.
According to media reports, the deceased was in a state of intoxication, he intends to leave the window of the second floor on the bedspreads.
October 11 the authorities of the Chelyabinsk region reported that 27-year-old Maxim Rodionov, mobilized from Snezhinsk, died in the 32nd military camp in Yekaterinburg. At the same time, the media wrote about his death in weight.
“Check on the fact of death from the investigating authorities of the Sverdlovsk region.
State Duma deputy from the Sverdlovsk region Maxim Ivanov, who oversees those mobilized in the Urals, said in comments to the EAN portal that the death was a drug overdose.
According to the parliamentarian, Rodionov, together with displaced countrymen, went to Snezhinsk and bought drugs. How the young man was able to leave the military town, the deputy does not know.
In the environment October 12 it became known about the fourth mobilization in the Elan training garrison.
“A young man born in 1989 turned into a medical unit, where his condition worsened, his heart was called. The doctors carried out resuscitation measures. They started his heart four times, but, unfortunately, the man died, it was not possible to save him,” quoted portal E1.RU State Duma deputy Maxim Ivanov.
The deceased is Kirill Bogdanov, a volunteer of the Phoenix search detachment, from Verkhnyaya Salda. On September 5, he turned 34 years old, he had three children. An acquaintance of Bogdanova told reporters that the man had not used his health before.
“There [в гарнизоне] a large number of people, all with different health conditions, different ages. Many seek medical help. Those who are not fit, they try to send back. Obviously, it does not require costs and has a physical load, so such situations happen, someone’s heart can not stand it, “ – said deputy Maxim Ivanov.
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