In Kazakhstan, a local “Wagnerite” who fought in Ukraine was convicted

The court of the Kazakh city of Satpayev sentenced a Kazakh who fought in the ranks of the PMCs to 4.6 years in prison Wagner against Ukraine. The local editorial office reports it Radio Liberty.

“In the fall of 2022, the defendant “G”, while in the city of Zhezkazgan… informed through the media and social networks on the Internet about the armed conflict and military actions taking place abroad, striving to an ideological goal, like his late father “G”, Born in 1931, he is a native of the city of Kharkov and, in his opinion, the power of a foreign state limits the rights of residents of Russian nationality, he began to have ideas of traveling abroad for participation in an armed conflict,” the statement said.

The man left Kazakhstan and took part in the battles against Ukraine on the side of the PMCs Wagner. Russia promised him a salary of 240 thousand rubles.

The court in Kazakhstan noted that the defendant first served as the manager of an artillery weapons depot, and then was transferred to a combat unit Wagner.

In July 2023, the man returned to Kazakhstan on a flight from Moscow to Astana. During the trial, he pleaded guilty to knowingly participating in an armed conflict abroad.

We remind you that, according to media reports, 543 Russian military personnel and PMC employees have been killed in the war in Syria Wagner, which is several times higher than the official data of the Russian Ministry of Defense.