Elite Putin Officer Who Fled Russia to Avoid Ukraine War Faces ExtraditionA former member of Russian President Vladimir Putin's Federal Guard Service (FSO), who fled Russia to avoid the Kremlin's partial mobilization order, has been detained in Kazakhstan and faces extradition, according to local media reports.He worked as a shift supervisor at the Federal Guard Service's special communications and information department in Siberia, and was responsible for communications between Putin's government and other Russian regions.On December 2, Zhilin was found guilty by a court in northeastern Kazakhstan of illegally crossing the border and sentenced to six months probation.Zhilin's wife, Ekaterina Zhilina, said she believed he was detained because Russia had placed him on an international wanted list for desertion and illegal border crossing.Siberian journalist Yevgenia Baltatarova, who is currently based in Kazakhstan, said on her Telegram channel on December 8 that the 36-year-old faces either a length prison term in Russia or service in "the death battalions," referring to the notorious mercenary unit the Wagner Group, which has been recruiting convicts for Putin's war in Ukraine."