A court in Ufa has fined hockey player Vladislav Lukin 2.2 million rubles (about $37,900) for attempting to evade military service by paying a bribe back in 2019, TASS reported. According to investigators, Lukin transferred 230,000 rubles to an intermediary, who Lukin expected to transfer the money to military commissariat workers but did not. Lukin pleaded guilty.
Multiple other Russian hockey players have been fined for attempts to bribe their way out of military service in recent weeks. In September, 25-year-old Mikhail Vorobyov was issued a 2-million-ruble (about $34,300) fine and 22-year-old Anvar Suleimanov was given five years of probation, both on similar charges. All three players tried to use the same intermediary, businessman Samigullin Farit, who is also under investigation.
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