The Yaroslavl branch of DOSAAF (Volunteer Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Navy) has started suing Russians who completed drone control courses funded by the budget but did not sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense afterward. “Verstka” found at least four such decisions in court archives in different regions of Russia.
According to court decisions, the defendants signed agreements with DOSAAF, under which the region covers their training expenses for UAV control, and they commit to signing a military contract upon course completion. The defendants violated this agreement, leading to court cases.
The court decisions indicate that for breaching the agreement, the organization demanded amounts twice the cost of training. For instance, the training of Stavropol region resident Artem Fisenko cost the budget 150,000 rubles, but the Stavropol court ordered him to pay DOSAAF 300,000 plus legal expenses.
Additionally, one decision states that Bashkortostan resident Artur Igtisanov did sign the contract contrary to DOSAAF's claims but was dismissed from service as he did not pass the probation period. “Not deployed for service,” the court decision states. However, he was also ordered to pay 300,000 rubles to DOSAAF.
At the opening of the center in Yaroslavl, regional minister of social communications Dmitry Yunusov stated that “our graduates join the elite UAV operator unit of the Russian armed forces.”
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