Andrei Sergeyevich Sychev

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Andrei Sergejewitsch Sychev ( Russian Андре́й Сергеевич Сычёв ; born November 24, 1986 in Krasnoturjinsk in Sverdlovsk Oblast ) is a former Russian soldier. Sychev suffered serious injuries during his military service in early January 2006 as a result of ill-treatment by military superiors. His case led to a public debate in Russia about the systematic torture of recruits in the Russian army, the so-called Dedovshchina .

Life

Andrei Sychev grew up in Voronzowka, a district of the city of Krasnoturjinsk in the Urals. His father died when Andrei was 14 years old. Sychov initially trained as a car mechanic and was called up for military service at the age of 18. After his basic training, he was transferred to a tank unit in Bishkil near Chelyabinsk .

Sequence of events

According to the indictment, on January 1, 2006, at around 3 a.m., Sychev was taken out of bed by several non-commissioned officers under the influence of alcohol and then forced for more than three hours, tied to a chair, in a crouched position and propped only on tiptoe to remain. He was also beaten several times.

Some media also report that Sychev was raped during the abuse. However, the prosecution did not make this charge, and Sychev and his relatives have also contradicted these statements.

Although he complained of severe pain immediately after the mistreatment, Sychev was only taken to a hospital in Chelyabinsk on January 4, 2006 in a life-threatening condition. He was diagnosed with necrosis of the left leg as a result of insufficient blood flow and incipient necrosis of the genitals and the right leg. In the following days, Sychev had to amputate both legs as well as the genitals and the first phalanx of the right ring finger. It was only after about fourteen days that he told the doctors treating him that he had been beaten by his superiors. After the military prosecutor opened an investigation and Russian media reported the case, Sychev was transferred to the Burdenko military hospital in Moscow .

Indictment and Trial

Charges were subsequently brought against twelve former superiors. According to several press reports, Sychev's relatives were offered money from unknown sources if he withdrew his incriminating statements. As part of the criminal investigation, doctors from the Burdenko Military Hospital stated that Sychev could have contracted blood poisoning several months before the incident, that he was suffering from an undetected hereditary disease that had favored the development of the necrosis and that Sychov's medical treatment in Chelyabinsk was unprofessional has been. Although many witnesses withdrew their testimony from the preliminary investigations during the trial, the Chelyabinsk Garrison Court still based its judgment on these testimony. On September 26, 2006, the court sentenced the main defendant, Alexander Sivyakov, to four years' imprisonment and revoked his rank as a sergeant for three years. Two other defendants, soldiers Kuzmenko and Bilimovich, received prison sentences of one and a half years on probation.

Effects

In Russia, as a result of the coverage of the case, a public debate about Dedovchina broke out. The then Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov , who at the time was considered one of the main contenders to succeed the then President Vladimir Putin , was the subject of public criticism. Before the elections to the Russian parliament in 2007, there was at times speculation about a nomination of Sychev as a candidate for the Union of Right Forces party , which still existed at the time , but this did not materialize. In 2010, according to media reports, Sychev managed to have wheelchair-accessible ramps installed at the entrance to the Yekaterinburg Public Prosecutor's Office building .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ stern.de ( Memento from May 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ lenta.ru
  3. ↑ stern.de ( Memento from May 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ nytimes.com
  5. ↑ Here lies a little soldier without legs . In: The world
  6. ↑ newsru.com
  7. ↑ sueddeutsche.de
  8. ↑ news.bbc.co.uk
  9. ↑ de.rian.ru
  10. ↑ fr-online.de
  11. ↑ dw-world.de
  12. ↑ dw-world.de
  13. ↑ The double sacrifice . In: Berliner Zeitung , August 16, 2006
  14. ↑ diepresse.com
  15. ↑ vz.ru
  16. ↑ uralinform.ru
personal data
SURNAME Sychev, Andrei Sergejewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Сычёв, Андре́й Сергеевич (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian soldier and victim of the Dedovshchina
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Krasnoturyinsk