The contractor was convicted in Nalchik for being absent from service.

The court in Nalchik sentenced contract serviceman Garnik Martirosyan to one year and two months in prison, finding him guilty of being absent from service for more than ten days.

According to the case materials, contract serviceman Garnik Martirosyan did not report for duty at the military unit on September 9, 2025, and on September 22, 2025, he voluntarily appeared at the military investigative department. The investigation believes that during this time, Martirosyan was at his place of residence and spent his time at his discretion.

The Nalchik garrison military court found Garnik Martirosyan guilty of being absent from service for more than ten days (but not more than one month) and sentenced him to one year and two months of imprisonment, the court's press service reported on the institution's page in the social network "VKontakte".

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that earlier the court in Nalchik sentenced Fanil Shafikov to two years in prison for being absent from service.