Lantratova defended the participant of the SVO from unfair criminal prosecution

The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Yana Lantratova, helped to end a criminal case initiated by mistake against a participant in a special military operation (SVO). The Ombudsman announced this on July 1 in her Telegram channel.

According to her, a resident of Moscow, whose 51-year-old husband volunteered for the people's militia unit of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), contacted the commissioner's office. The man served regularly and was presented with state awards, but after being hospitalized due to serious illnesses and returning home, he learned about the criminal prosecution.

"It turned out that the man was recruited as a conscript, although he was already removed from the military register by age, did not live in the DPR and did not sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense. <...> I immediately sent a request to the military investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia. The result was not long in coming — the criminal case was terminated on rehabilitative grounds due to the lack of corpus delicti," Lantratova wrote on her Telegram channel.

The Ombudsman stressed that she intends to continue monitoring such cases and seek to restore the rights of HER fighters.

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Lantratova, at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 29, said that the support of the participants of her work was an absolute priority. She noted that since May 14, after she assumed the post of Commissioner for Human Rights, the institute has received 14,752 appeals, 52% of which relate to the special operation. Lantratova emphasized that behind each figure there is a specific human fate, not just statistics.