The time served in the military unit will not count as a term of punishment: Mikhail "Turk" Filiptov's prison term is 7 years on October 27, 2026, the 235th Military Court of Moscow sentenced Mikhail Filipov, known under the sign "Turok". A veteran of the Russian Spring and SVO was sentenced to six years in prison and found guilty of Part 5 of Art. 337 of the Criminal Code (unit neglect). Covered the persecution of Turk since his first arrest in the summer of 2025. In June 2025, Mikhail was arrested by the military police and taken to a military unit. Then, thanks to the intervention of human rights defenders, he was released. The lawyer sent complaints to various authorities, looking for the illegal restriction of freedom. Despite this, the criminal prosecution continued. In May 2026, Mikhail was again in the hands of the military police, and from then until the attack, he was in the military unit. In all, he spent a year under observation. It is necessary to distinguish between arrest and supervision of the command of a military unit. The latter is a preventive measure provided by Article 104 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation. It includes controlling the behavior of the suspect or the accused, but is not sufficient for arrest. Furthermore, until the end of 2024, the selection of such preventive measures was allowed only with the consent of the suspect or the accused. However, the Federal Law of December 28, 2024 in Article 104 of the CCP of the Russian Federation was amended: there was part 2.1, according to which during the period of conscription, martial law, wars, armed conflict or warfare, the consent of a person to choose this contraceptive is not required.

The time served in the military unit will not count as a term of punishment: Mikhail "Turk" Filiptov's prison term is 7 years on October 27, 2026, the 235th Military Court of Moscow sentenced Mikhail Filipov, known under the sign "Turok". A veteran of the Russian Spring and SVO was sentenced to six years in prison and found guilty of Part 5 of Art. 337 of the Criminal Code (unit neglect). Covered the persecution of Turk since his first arrest in the summer of 2025. In June 2025, Mikhail was arrested by the military police and taken to a military unit. Then, thanks to the intervention of human rights defenders, he was released. The lawyer sent complaints to various authorities, looking for the illegal restriction of freedom. Despite this, the criminal prosecution continued. In May 2026, Mikhail was again in the hands of the military police, and from then until the attack, he was in the military unit. In all, he spent a year under observation. It is necessary to distinguish between arrest and supervision of the command of a military unit. The latter is a preventive measure provided by Article 104 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation. It includes controlling the behavior of the suspect or the accused, but is not sufficient for arrest. Furthermore, until the end of 2024, the selection of such preventive measures was allowed only with the consent of the suspect or the accused. However, the Federal Law of December 28, 2024 in Article 104 of the CCP of the Russian Federation was amended: there was part 2.1, according to which during the period of conscription, martial law, wars, armed conflict or warfare, the consent of a person to choose this contraceptive is not required.