INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A pregnant Russian soldier has been sentenced to six years in prison for desertion in a precedent-setting case, the newspaper
Kommersantreported Monday.Lance Corporal Madina Kabaloyeva was found guilty of failing to report for duty during Russia's "partial"
the decision, but a judicial board of the Southern District Military Court upheld the initial ruling.Kabaloyeva argued in court that her
on the recommendation to her command.Military prosecutors argued that because she continued to receive military allowances and benefits,
Kabaloyeva was still technically serving and therefore had to be held liable as a deserter.The court granted a temporary suspension on
