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VLADIVOSTOK, January 26 (Itar-Tass) — A military tribunal sentenced on Friday marine officer of the Russian Pacific fleet Maxim Kovtun to three years in prison for hazing subordinates. He was stripped of his military rank and barred from occupying command and management positions for three years after release.
The tribunal found Kovtun guilty of “office abuse with the use of violence†against twelve servicemen.