The Kursk Garrison Military Court announced the first verdict in Russia against a Russian military man in a looting case.
According to Mediazona, serviceman Stanislav Lopatin was found guilty of looting. It is unknown how long Lopatin was sentenced to.
Lopatin’s case came to court in November 2024. He was sentenced on January 15.
Residents of border areas who had to leave their homes due to the fighting spoke about the looting of the Russian military during the operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.
Subsequently, journalists noticed the verdict against Nikita Sobolev, who was found guilty of large-scale looting.
As in the case of Lopatin, it is not known what sentence Sobolev received. The punishment under this article ranges from three to 12 years in prison.
Residents of border areas spoke about the looting of the Russian military during the invasion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region. The authorities at first called these messages “an information dump on the part of the enemy’s intelligence service,” but then admitted “facts of looting among both civilians and military personnel.”
The Russian Minister of Transport and former governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoyt, admitted the fact of looting among the Russian military in the villages of the Glushkovsky district. Radio Liberty reported this on November 15.
Regarding the looting. Yesterday it was discussed at a meeting on law enforcement agencies. There are facts of looting both among civilians and military personnel… There are facts that the loot is sent through delivery services,” he said at a meeting with residents of the Glushkovsky district.
After these words from Starovoit, the hall began to applaud.
Source: Racurs
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