Emil Zhenishbekov, a 28-year-old native of Kyrgyzstan, who has been suing the Ministry of Defense for more than a year over a forged contract, was informed on the morning of September 8 about his transfer to another motorized rifle unit. The train is scheduled for 18:15. The name of the unit was not reported to him, Zhenishbekov told ASTRA.
Instead of responding to the discharge documents sent to the Central Military District, the unit received an extract from his transfer order. According to Zhenishbekov, he was offered to sign a report, but he refused. He was not given any documents.
The day before, he addressed the head of the personnel department, Lieutenant Permyakov, who said that there was a verbal refusal from the head of the Central Military District, Major General Kudryashkin, stating “there are no grounds for dismissal.” Zhenishbekov never received a written reply.
Parents and lawyers found out about the departure only today, a few hours before the train. “Everyone is confused, they don’t even know what to do,” says Zhenishbekov.
After publication of ASTRA in April of this year, when the young man was already at the training ground in Chebarkul, before being sent to the front, Zhenishbekov was returned to the unit and promised to be fired soon — his military service ended on April 8. As a result, he was held in custody for five months.
On August 24, he was called to the headquarters and ordered to write a report on a business trip, “you know where.” After the refusal, the command drew up an act stating that he had disobeyed the order.
“They said that by refusing, I made it worse for myself. In case of refusal — a criminal case anyway. Nevertheless, I refused to write a report,” he said at the time.
Zhenishbekov was conscripted in April 2025 and sent to unit 98552 in Abakan. A week after arriving, the platoon commander suggested that those with a driver’s license switch to the driver’s position. The conscript agreed, after which he was taken to the headquarters and forced to write a report — as he believed, for transfer. A month later, he learned from one of the officers that he was registered as a contract soldier, although, according to him, he had not signed any contracts.
An independent handwriting examination confirmed that the signature under the contract did not belong to him. However, the court recognized the document as authentic, based on the testimony of the command. The relatives filed an application for falsification.
