A Russian soldier, identified as Ildar B., committed suicide in a pretrial detention center in Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, on August 30, local media reported. The man was detained after being accused of desertion on August 2. Officials have not commented on the incident. In the middle of July, the man threatened to blow himself up with a grenade, demanding that the criminal case initiated against him be closed. After negotiations with the head of Bashkortostan, the soldier surrendered and was detained. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Idel.Realities, click here.
