A court in Sevastopol recognized 17 sailors who disappeared as a result of the crash of the cruiser Moskva as dead. This is stated in the card file on the website of the court, the Agency drew attention.
The cases of all 17 – about the recognition of "missing without a trace or about the announcement of the dead." 16 of them were reviewed in the summer, and one more in September. None of the decisions of the court was appealed, therefore, all of them are considered to have entered into force. The date of entry is indicated in 12 cases out of 17. Their applicants are the commander of military unit 42948, the “Moskva” unit, and the parents of the victims.
According to Art. 45 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, a military man who went missing while performing combat missions may be declared dead no earlier than two years after the end of the war. It follows from this that the sailors were not recognized as dead as a result of hostilities.
Dmitry Shkrebets, the father of Yegor Shkrebets, one of the sailors who died on the Moscow, told the Agency that sailors whose relatives did not go to court "are automatically recognized as dead after six months." He also stressed that the interests of the sailors' relatives were represented by the military prosecutor's office and the command of the unit.
On April 13, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the Moscow with Neptune missiles. The next day, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the death of the cruiser. Initially, the department claimed that one soldier died in the crash, 27 were missing. Another 396 crew members were said to have been evacuated to Sevastopol.