Paul Goble
Staunton, Jan. 21 – The frequency with which veterans returning from Putin’s war in Ukraine has been widely covered given the fears Russians and their government have about the consequences of that, but veterans in many cases are not the perpetrators of crimes but the victims, according to a study conducted by the Regional Aspect portal.
The investigation identified 53 court verdicts in 2025 involving crimes against former or current participants of military action. Slightly over half (52.3 percent) involved theft, 19 percent fraud, and approximately 20 percent the use or threat of the use of force (regaspect.info/2026/01/21/vernuvshiesya-i-ograblennye/).
In a 2500-word report detailing some of the cases, the portal suggests that the actual number of cases of criminal actions against veterans is “significantly greater,” although it suggests that confirming that is impossible because Russian courts routinely remove information about victims from their decisions.
That is perhaps particularly likely for this category of crimes, the portal suggests, because the authorities do not want to call attention to the victimization of veterans, something that if it became widely known would make it even more difficult to recruit more soldiers to fight in Putin’s wars.
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