COI Query - Russian Federation: Treatment of military deserters by state authorities since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine

Reference period: (1 February 2022 – 4 April 2022) (April 2022); 1. Context; 2. Overview of military service in Russian Federation; 3. Legislation; 4. Russian censorship of war reporting and limits on information; 5. Evidence of desertion in Ukraine; 6. Reports of arrests and prosecutions under the Criminal Code; 7. Rosgvardiya.