Another Russian military man lost his machine gun while drunk and received a fine for it…

Another Russian military man lost his machine gun while drunk and received a fine of 40 thousand rubles for it. The incident occurred on November 29, 2022 in Crimea, in the parking lot of the “Products” store in the village of Filatovka. The contractor, “in a state of severe alcoholic intoxication,” fell asleep in a military vehicle; the weapon was unattended. Witnesses tried to wake him up and, having failed, took the weapon.

During the trial, the state prosecutor softened the charge against the military man, excluding the qualifying feature “in conditions of an armed conflict” from the crime (loss of military property, Article 348 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The prosecutor concluded that this sign “was not confirmed during the judicial investigation.”

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“Agreeing with the position of the state prosecutor, the court comes to the conclusion that the qualification of the act committed by the defendant in an armed conflict is unfounded, based on the factual circumstances of the case established in court, and comparing them with the content of the definition of “armed conflict” given in the Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation , approved by the President of the Russian Federation on December 25, 2014 No. Pr-2976,” the indictment says.

There is no armed conflict. There are only three words: “special military operation.”