According to the Interfax news agency, 115 members of the Russian National Guard were fired because they refused to serve in the Ukraine war.
In the Russian North Caucasus, 115 national guards refused to be deployed in the war against Ukraine. However, this earned them a dismissal, which was declared legal by a military court, reportedly on Thursday. This was reported by the Interfax agency from Nalchik, capital of the Kabardino-Balkaria republic.
National Guard sued for job loss
The National Guard reportedly refused to obey orders and returned to their barracks. When their contracts were later terminated, they sued but lost the case. The verdict is not yet legally binding.
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According to media reports, 15 members of the OMON police unit also lost their jobs in the Krasnodar region of southern Russia. They were on an exercise in Crimea in February and refused to be deployed to the war against Ukraine.
In addition to the regular army, the Russian leadership is also sending National Guard units into “military special operation”, as the war is officially called. In all units there is a high proportion of young men from particularly poor regions of Russia. This also includes Kabardino-Balkaria and Dagestan in the Caucasus or Buryatia in Siberia. For these men, the army or the police are often the only job prospects. According to experts, these outlying republics are also disproportionately affected by Russian casualties and injuries in the Ukraine war.
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