This became known from a response from the Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Penza garrison to the relatives of 63‑year‑old confectioner Alexander Glebov, who was detained in Penza in September and ended up in Ukraine three days later.
“Your appeal has been received due to possible illegal actions of the staff of the military service selection point (2nd class) (Penza) during the selection events with Alexander Vladimirovich Glebov, born on 03/15/1963,” reads the reply, which is dated September 24. — Based on the review of your appeal, signs of a crime under Part 1 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abuse of official powers, up to 4 years in prison — ed.’s note) have been identified, and therefore a procedural investigation has been initiated in accordance with Articles 144–145 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation.
ASTRA reported that Alexander Glebov, a confectioner who lives alone, was detained by unknown persons in civilian clothes while taking a walk on the Penza embankment. The relatives Glebov managed to contact once he was already in Voronezh told him that the man had been beaten, had his documents taken away, and had been given something to drink, after which he had a poor memory of what had happened.
That day, Glebov first visited his apartment together with some unknown people to retrieve his passport. ASTRA published videos from surveillance cameras in the entrance hall of Glebov’s building. After the visit to the apartment, the man was taken to the military enlistment office, where he was deemed healthy despite his chronic illnesses and allegedly signed a contract. At the same time, the man has poor eyesight, and he was without glasses at the military enlistment office.
