The FSO major who escaped from mobilization was sentenced to 6.5 years in a penal colony

The Barnaul garrison military Court found reserve Major Mikhail Zhilin guilty of desertion, as well as illegal border crossing. He was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison. He will serve his sentence in a high-security colony. He will be stripped of his military rank.

The case against the Russian was brought under Articles 322 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and 338 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the press service of the 2nd Eastern District Military Court reports.

As the investigation found, the major, fearing that he would be sent to the special operation zone, informed the command of false information about his disability. After that, he sold his property and in September last year illegally crossed the Russian border not through a checkpoint.

The serviceman tried to escape to Kazakhstan, but he was detained by border guards.

The media reported that Mikhail Zhilin worked as an engineer at the Center for Special Communications and Information of the Federal Security Service in Novosibirsk. He decided to flee to Kazakhstan after partial mobilization was announced in the country. The serviceman was afraid that he would be sent to the special operation zone. At the end of last year, he was deported to Russia.

FSO - Federal Protective Service of Russia.