An appellate court judge in Moscow on Wednesday rejected a bid by former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov to be sent to fight in eastern Ukraine after he was jailed last year for corruption.
Ivanov, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison on embezzlement and money laundering charges, had sought to sign a military contract — a common path for Russian convicts to secure an early release in exchange for combat duty.
After a lower district court blocked his initial request, Ivanov appealed the decision last month.
The Moscow City Court upheld the lower court’s ruling, agreeing with the Defense Ministry and the military enlistment office’s decision to deny the deployment.
Ivanov did not attend the hearing, according to the news outlet Ostorozhno Novosti.
