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Lieutenant colonel with callsign 'Executioner' sentenced to 21 years
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A Russian lieutenant colonel with the callsign 'Executioner' has been sentenced to 21 years in a strict-regime colony for organizing fake combat incidents, or self-inflicted shootings, at the front. According to Novaya Gazeta, he staged the attacks on his own troops in order to earn military awards and combat payments. The case has drawn attention in Russia as one of the most severe sentences handed to an officer for such fraudulent conduct during the war.
Why now: The unusually harsh sentence for an officer staging fake battles for medals and payments is a striking story about corruption within the Russian military.
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