Refused to join an assault: Russian army executes Bangladeshi national sought by his wife
A Bangladeshi national, Sabit Muhammed, was executed by the Russian army after refusing to participate in an assault. His wife, who had been searching for him, was told he was missing in action.
According to the “I Want to Live” project, this is a common practice in the Russian army; those tempted by one-off payments to sign a contract with the Russian Armed Forces should remember that the price may be their life.
Sabit Muhammed joined the Russian army, and just two weeks later, his wife was informed that he was allegedly missing.
Back in the summer, his wife, Yulia Sabit, tried to secure her husband’s discharge, but—unsurprisingly—the army refused to let him go.
The Bangladeshi national was assigned to the 245th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division; within just two weeks, he was listed as missing. Seeking information on her husband’s fate, his wife contacted a fellow soldier. He told her he had personally witnessed Sabit being killed on a commander’s orders because he had refused to join an assault. The unit simply recorded him as missing—and that was the end of it.
The “I Want to Live” project noted that such killings are widespread in the Russian army.
A commander can order the execution of any soldier—or carry it out personally—under any pretext. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of such publicly known cases.
Anyone signing a contract for the sake of one-off payments needs to understand that the 2–4 million rubles they receive come at a price: they are effectively trading their lives for that money.