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Zhilin Mikhail Alekseevich

Date of birth: October 12, 1986 (39 years old)
Occupation: военная служба
Article of the Criminal Code:  322 ч. 1 ; 338 ч. 3
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  6 лет 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  March 20, 2023
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 3, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Irkutsk Oblast

Zhilin Mikhail Alekseevich, born October 12, 1986, resident of Novosibirsk, former major of the Federal Protective Service. Married, has two young children.

On March 20, 2023, the Barnaul Garrison Military Court sentenced him to 6 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony on charges of crimes under Part 1 of Article 322 ("Illegal crossing of the State border of the Russian Federation") and Part 3 of Article 338 ("Desertion, that is, unauthorised leaving of a unit or place of service in order to evade military service, committed during mobilisation or martial law").

Deprived of liberty since December 6, 2022.