A security worker for Vladimir Putin who refused to murder Ukrainians and instead escaped to Kazakhstan has been deported to Russia.
According to his wife, Ekaterina, Major Mikhail Zhilin, 36, risks up to 15 years in prison and torture for denouncing the war.
According to reports, the Federal Protective Service [FSO] agent had access to Russian state secrets, including Putin’s own correspondence.
He traversed the jungle to reach the neighboring nation of Kazakhstan, but his request for refuge was denied.
36-year-old Mikhail Zhilin and his wife. The officer of Vladimir Putin’s security service who refused to kill Ukrainians and escaped to Kazakhstan has been deported to Russia.
Officer of the Federal Protection Service, Mikhail Zhilin. According to reports, he had access to Russian state secrets, including Putin’s own correspondence.
As an FSO officer, he was prohibited from traveling abroad and was denied a passport.
He left before being transferred to the combat zone, where he would have been “required” to “murder Ukrainian nationals.”
He stated, “I gave a responsibility to defend the freedom and independence of my motherland, the Russian Federation, within its borders, and not to engage aggressive military operations as a member of my country’s armed forces to conquer the lands of another state.”
According to his wife, Major Mikhail Zhilin has opposed the war and now risks up to 15 years in prison and torture.
With his child, Mikhail Zhilin. Zhilin traversed the woodlands to reach the neighboring nation of Kazakhstan, but his request for refuge was denied.
Ekaterina Zhilina, wife of FSO officer Mikhail Zhilin, told journalists on the morning of December 30 that her husband was allegedly transferred to the Russian border on the evening of December 29 from the detention facility where he was awaiting deportation.
Mikhail Zhilin accompanied by his wife, Ekaterina.
As an FSO officer, he was prohibited from traveling overseas and from possessing a passport.
Photograph of Mikhail with his wife Ekaterina and children. Mikhail stated, “I gave an obligation to defend the freedom and independence of my motherland, the Russian Federation, within its borders, and not to engage aggressive military operations as a member of my country’s armed forces to grab the territory of another state.”
According to accounts, the Kazakh authorities had accepted tens of thousands of Russians escaping the war, but they did not show Zhilin any mercy and he was discreetly returned to Russia.
Since being deported into the custody of Russian law enforcement this week, he has vanished, according to his 35-year-old wife, Ekaterina, who believes he will likely be tortured for escaping Russia or forced to fight in the conflict.
He was an engineer at the FSO’s Centre for Special Communications and Information in Novosibirsk, according to a court statement issued in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
Mikhail Zhilin accompanied by his wife, Ekaterina. After fleeing Russia, he was caught in Kazakhstan.
Major Mikhail Zhilin fled before being transferred to a conflict zone where he would have been’required’ to slaughter Ukrainian civilians.
The Kazakh authorities have accepted tens of thousands of Russians escaping the fighting, but Zhilin was returned to Russia in secret, according to sources.
Zhilin has vanished after being handed over to Russian law enforcement this week, according to his 35-year-old wife, Ekaterina, who believes he would likely be tortured for escaping Russia or forced to fight in the conflict.
The fact that he handled government communications indicates that he had access to [Russian] state secrets.
Putin’s ties with other Russian officials were accessible to him.
Zhilin has family in the region of Kherson, Ukraine.
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