A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, Alexander Trepalin, who was drafted during mobilization, received a sentence of a strict regime colony after a verdict from the Nalchik garrison military court. The case was reported by the newspaper Kommersant, which noted the sequence of events and the outcome of the trial.
The incident occurred at a military unit located in the Ingushetia village of Troitskaya, where the unit reportedly expressed discontent while the mobilized personnel were present. The criminal case file indicates that the confession was provided by the mobilized individual himself, who later became the subject of the investigation following the written disclosure. A non-commissioned officer filed a report about the confrontation that followed, which occurred after alcohol consumption affected the behaviour of those involved. In the ensuing moment, Trepalin struck the sergeant in the face and delivered several kicks while the sergeant lay on the ground, according to the case materials reported in Kommersant.
The court documents describe the impact as causing bodily pain, moral humiliation, and moral suffering for the sergeant, though no medical harm to health was recorded. The incident reflects a stark collapse of discipline during a period of mobilization, underscoring the volatile conditions that can accompany such forces, as reported by Kommersant.
Following the incident, Trepalin offered an apology to the victim and provided 20 thousand rubles as moral compensation. At the court hearing, the sergeant stated that he bore no ongoing grievances against the defendant and urged tolerance toward him, a sentiment echoed in the proceedings as described in Kommersant.
Because the crime occurred during mobilization, the court designated the offense as a particularly serious violation of military service. The potential penalty outlined included a prison term of up to 15 years. Nevertheless, the court weighed several mitigating factors. It took into account Trepalin’s positive residency and employment history, his two minor children, and the absence of a prior criminal record. The court also acknowledged that Trepalin committed the act while mobilized and under intoxicated conditions, which, while aggravating, was considered in the overall assessment and resulted in a real-time sentence being imposed, as detailed in Kommersant.
Prior reports had indicated that Trepalin faced a court-martial conviction and a potential seven-year prison sentence for the same incident, though the latest ruling reflects the updated adjudication and its reasoning as presented in the cited sources.