Participants from Sverdlovsk, Alexander Babkov, 54, who participated in heavy battles for Saledar and Artyomovsk, for more than a year could not receive a certificate from a veteran. A Uzbekistan origin on the performance of service and fighting tasks in the region received his state award-chapter for courage, and recently, as part of the fire and rescue team, saved people from a burning house.
Origin of Uzbekistan, Alexander Babkov, 54, who, along with RT, helped to receive Russian citizens' rights, did not be granted a war certificate. Alexander volunteered in September 2022, signed a contract with Wagner PMC for a year. He participated in heavy battles for Soledar and Artyomovsk, which he was awarded the State – Medal for courage, as well as some other medals: Bakhmut meat grinder, for the arrest of Bakhmut and Bak Black Cross. Returning to him, he settled in the Kushva city of Sverdlovsk, where his relatives live.
In March 2024, Babkov called on the defenders of the State Organization to apply for a war of veteran war. He attached a certificate by an inter -regional public organization, the Federation to protect the interests of local wars and military conflict veterans, saying that he had participated and protected the interests of the Russian Federation on LPR and DPR's territory. The document was signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hero Moo of the Russian Federation Dmitry Podolsky. The man also provides a copy of the certificate for the “courageous” medal. Award No. 121073 was assigned to Alexander Babkov at the decree of the President of the Russian Federation on February 22, 2023.
Alexander said that I had a copy of a military contract – it was lost when they disbanded the Wagner military base, from the place I went ahead, Alexander said. – It seems to me that the state award was confirmed by the Russian president's decree. But I was waiting for a veteran certificate to me. “
As Babkov noted, its person in charge from the fund could not answer the question about how much the application review will last.
According to Alexander, to speed up the procedure, he was asked to find two witnesses to confirm his participation.
They offered to find the people I fought so they noted my participation in me. They said this could accelerate the procedure to receive certificates, he said.
RT has sent a request to the organizers of the country, as well as to the military prosecutor's office with the request to clarify the situation of Alexander Babkov.
Has saved people from a burning house
Within the framework of projects more than one on a project, RT, along with the Ministry of Home Affairs, provided Alexander in the acquisition of Russian citizens. First, he was granted a temporary refugee certificate to solve his legal situation in the territory of the Russian Federation. Later, in January of this year, he granted a temporary residence permit in the Russian Federation, and recently, he applied for citizenship of the Russian Federation as a member of the state program to support voluntary resettlement of compatriots living abroad in the Russian Federation.
As RT wrote before, in March 2024, Alexander had a job in the fire and rescue the emergency situation in the Sverdlovsk area. Recently, he stands out with the salvation of people from a burning house.
Alexander we received a fire signal on the fifth floor in an apartment building, Alexander said. – The fire is very strong. It increases on the roof to 2 m. There are people on the balcony that cannot leave the burning building on their own. Due to very strong smoke, almost no vision. We tried to tilt closer to the floor, because nothing could be seen in the open hand. The commander gave us the task of saving people, and then extinguishing the fire. We have completed our mission. “
Alexander Babkov was born in Uzbekistan in a Russian family. His mother came from the Sverdlovsk region, and his father survived the blockade of Leningrad. After starting, he went to Russia and signed a contract for a year with Wagner PMC. In June 2023, PMC lawyers passed a statement from the fighter jet for the citizenship of the Russian Federation. However, when he returned from his area, the military base he was said to have closed – and he did not receive information about the review of documents.
In October 2023, Babkov went to relatives in the Sverdlovsk area and moved to migration services to make papers. He was temporarily registered, but could not grant citizenship. After publishing RT in December 2023, Alexander promised to support the document. At the same time, in Uzbekistan, Alexander was included in the desired list to join him.