The serviceman was convicted in Nalchik for failing to report to his unit.

The court in Nalchik sentenced serviceman Akhmed Shamurzaev to five years in prison, finding him guilty of evading military service.

Serviceman Shamurzaev was convicted of committing a crime under part 5 of article 337 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The article provides for a sentence of five to ten years in prison.

According to the case materials, he without valid reasons did not report for service at the established time on October 23, 2025, that is, "during the mobilization period," the court's press service reported today on its page on VKontakte.

On April 6, 2026, Shamurzaev was found in Mozdok by police officers searching for him for evading military service. From October 23, 2025, to April 6, 2026, he "spent time at his discretion at his place of residence," the court's message states.

The Nalchik garrison military court found Shamurzaev guilty of failing to report for service for more than one month and sentenced him to five years in prison. The convicted will serve his sentence in a general regime colony.

According to the criminal case card on the court's website, the case of Akhmed Shamurzaev was submitted for consideration on June 23, and at the very first hearing, a guilty verdict was issued.

Recall that on September 21, 2022, Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilization. On October 28 of the same year, the Minister of Defense reported to the president about its completion, but no corresponding decree followed. Lawyers concluded that a presidential decree is not needed to complete partial mobilization, explained Putin's press secretary.

At the same time, on December 12, 2023, the military court in Maykop emphasized in the sentence of a mobilized individual who left his unit in June 2023 that "partial mobilization has been announced in the Russian Federation, which at the time of the crime had not been completed."