Chronicle / City of Bergamo Friday December 16, 2022
Airport. The 32-year-old, who was stopped at Orobic Airport, fled to avoid conscription into the Russian army. More opportunities and fewer risks with a Ukrainian document.
«I just want to work, I fled Russia because in my village and other villages they make us conscripted, and I don’t want to fight, I’m afraid of war».
That’s the gist of what he said Friday December 16thduring the direct negotiation a 32-year-old Russian bricklayer (we are skipping details in order to protect his personal safety) was arrested by border police at Orio al Serio Airport on Thursday with a forged document. In fact he used a Ukrainian passport bought in Turkeya garish and odd choice, but with a precise explanation. Traveling with Ukrainian identity– he explained in the classroom -, there are fewer difficulties and fewer restrictions, and then he had seen on the Internet that in Norway some companies offer Ukrainian citizens a quick way to get hired.
The man was sentenced to one year and four months probation. The arrest was confirmed and his release ordered without action. He risked 3 to 10 years, but the judge assumed the minimum sentence and acknowledged the mitigating circumstances: being on the run from possible conscription to war, plus the fact that he had a clean record and the target was one find a job.
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