A 19-year-old recruit from Ulan-Ode was forced by threats to sign a contract, relatives claim. According to the guy, he was threatened with "seven years in prison" for finding the phone in the unit. The relatives of 19-year-old Danil L. from Ulan-Ude told "Zahirot, News" that in May of last year the boy was called up for military service - he was sent to military unit 98561 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. According to relatives, by October of that year, threats from the command forced Danil to sign a contract for everything without conducting an IMC. After that, the guy wrote another report and asked not to sign the contract, but he was ignored. The boy's family submitted a request to the military prosecutor's office and the investigative committee, but the opening of a criminal case for abuse of force (section 286 of the criminal law) was refused - in interviews with the investigators, Danil himself said that they found a cell phone on him and then he and his colleagues were called to the command office. According to the guy's testimony, he was given a choice: "Either seven years in prison or signing a contract." In the combat unit, a number of recruits were given documents to sign, and threatened to "destroy their lives with a bad reference" if they refused. As a result, the guy agreed to sign the documents. The commander interviewed stated that they did not apply pressure - according to them, the recruits hurriedly sign the contract themselves, and then tell their family that "they are starting to dissuade them". A week later, at the end of October 2025, following the results of an audit by a prosecutor, the unit was asked to "consider the issue of whether there is a reason to terminate the contract" and to conduct an internal military investigation against Danil and several of his colleagues - the audit determined that the command's actions "officially fall under the signs" of the crime of abuse of power according to the relevant section. But, according to the guy's family, nothing has changed, and a year later he's still at it.

A 19-year-old recruit from Ulan-Ode was forced by threats to sign a contract, relatives claim. According to the guy, he was threatened with "seven years in prison" for finding the phone in the unit. The relatives of 19-year-old Danil L. from Ulan-Ude told "Zahirot, News" that in May of last year the boy was called up for military service - he was sent to military unit 98561 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. According to relatives, by October of that year, threats from the command forced Danil to sign a contract for everything without conducting an IMC. After that, the guy wrote another report and asked not to sign the contract, but he was ignored. The boy's family submitted a request to the military prosecutor's office and the investigative committee, but the opening of a criminal case for abuse of force (section 286 of the criminal law) was refused - in interviews with the investigators, Danil himself said that they found a cell phone on him and then he and his colleagues were called to the command office. According to the guy's testimony, he was given a choice: "Either seven years in prison or signing a contract." In the combat unit, a number of recruits were given documents to sign, and threatened to "destroy their lives with a bad reference" if they refused. As a result, the guy agreed to sign the documents. The commander interviewed stated that they did not apply pressure - according to them, the recruits hurriedly sign the contract themselves, and then tell their family that "they are starting to dissuade them". A week later, at the end of October 2025, following the results of an audit by a prosecutor, the unit was asked to "consider the issue of whether there is a reason to terminate the contract" and to conduct an internal military investigation against Danil and several of his colleagues - the audit determined that the command's actions "officially fall under the signs" of the crime of abuse of power according to the relevant section. But, according to the guy's family, nothing has changed, and a year later he's still at it.