Kazakhstan has actually deported a Russian resident who fled Russias mobilization drive this fall in the very first recognized case of Astana returning a draft dodger to Russia, mediareported Friday.Former presidential guard Mikhail Zhilinsfamily stated he faces abuse in Russia for running away the military draft announced by President Vladimir Putin.

Russian authorities sought Zhilin, 36, on charges of desertion that bring a maximum prison sentence of 15 years.

[Kazakhstans] migration cops handed [Zhilin] to the border guards and the border guards said they handed him over to Russia, Zhilins wife Yekaterina Zhilina informed Novaya Gazeta Europe.After an appeals court in Kazakhstan maintained Zhilins deportation on Wednesday, Yekaterina stated that the choice was both hurried through and in offense of Kazakhstans law on refugees.Zhilin on Sept.

26 requested political asylum in Kazakhstan after being apprehended by border guards for going into Kazakhstan illegally.

As a federal worker with access to state tricks, Zhilin was likewise not permitted to leave Russia.Kazakh authorities declined Zhilins asylum claim in late November.

Human rights activists state Kazakhstans law on refugees grants him the right to stay in the nation while his legal representatives appeal that choice.

He cant be deported up until his refugee status is cleaned up, popular Kazakh activist Yevgeny Zhovtistold the regional affiliate of the U.S.

news organization RFE/RL.

[The Kazakh authorities] are effectively breaching the refugee convention, Zhovtis said.

Of course there will be a scandal.

Its clear what he deals with in wartime [in Russia], he added.

But apparently [the Kazakh authorities] believe that the conflict with Russia is a lot more major.

Why the rush? I think it was at the persistence of Russia, Zhilinatold Kazakh news outlet Exclusive.kz.After the war broke out in February, Zhilin requested approval to resign from the Federal Guard Service (FSO), where he worked as a shift supervisor in a department in Siberia supervising Putins contacts with the Russian regions.

The FSO declined his request.Kazakhstan has pledged not to extradite Russians who fled their countrys mobilization unless they are under criminal investigation.

The Kazakh authorities state they have gotten more than 400,000 Russian nationals since Putins statement of a partial mobilization of reserves in September sent out countless military-aged guys rushing to reach the countrys borders.