INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
sentence for another murder, the Travmpunkt legal rights group said Monday.Ivan Rossomakhin had been serving a 14-year sentence for murder
when he was first recruited by the Wagner mercenary group in 2022 to fight in Ukraine.In April, he was sentenced to 22 years in prison for
stabbing and raping his elderly neighbor upon returning to his hometown in the Kirov region
convicted recruits have their remaining sentences suspended for the duration of their military service
They could even have their criminal records expunged if they receive state awards.In 2023, Russian courts convicted a record number of
soldiers for murder amid growing reports of violence committed by servicemen after returning from Ukraine.
