 Russia criminalizes willful surrender. Soldiers face 10 years in prison. The Supreme Court of Russia has prepared a resolution explaining how the country's court will start considering criminal cases under the new article of the criminal code on criminal liability for willful surrender. Kremlin-aligned news outlets Ria Novosti informs about it. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation considers that willful surrender contains elements of a crime As stated in the draft court order, there is an opportunity to put up decisive resistance to the enemy and avoid capture. But a soldier will not be judged according to Russian law if he was captured, for example, due to a severe wound and physically could not resist. It is reported that the willful surrender sanction provides three to ten years of imprisonment. If a soldier later went over to the enemy's side, they would be tried under the article which provides for up to 20 years in a penal colony. It will be difficult for those captured for the first time to avoid punishment because they need to return to the unit in any way and prove that they did not commit other crimes in captivity. There are reports that there are thousands of soldiers in the Russian army who want to voluntarily surrender to Ukraine.