A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for fraud against soldiers.

A court in Nalchik sentenced serviceman Akhmat Abshayev to eighteen months in prison for defrauding two soldiers of two million rubles by falsely promising to help them transfer to other units.

According to case materials, in October 2025, Akhmat Abshayev learned that two soldiers wanted to take leave and transfer to units not participating in combat. Abshayev assured them that he could help, but only if they each gave him one million rubles.

Abshayev, however, did not actually have the authority to grant leave to other soldiers or transfer them to other units. He could not have facilitated this and did not intend to take any actions in favor of the two soldiers, the press service of the Nalchik Garrison Military Court noted.

"He deceived the latter by providing each of them with deliberately false information about his ability to facilitate their leave and transfer to other units through the military unit's command," the press service reported on the court's VKontakte page on June 9.

The soldiers transferred a total of two million rubles to his bank account, which Abashev used at his own discretion. At the trial, Abashev admitted his guilt.

The court found him guilty under Part 3 of Article 159 of the Russian Criminal Code, "Fraud," and sentenced him to one year and six months imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, the press service clarified.

No comments were received from Akhmat Abshaev or his representatives regarding the court's verdict.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that a Baksan resident had previously complained to the prosecutor's office because her two children and elderly parents, who were killed during the SVO, had not received their survivor's pension for over a year. After the prosecutor's office contacted the military registration and enlistment office, the deceased's family was assigned a pension and a recalculation was made.

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