The case of Ruslan Zynin, who shot the military commissar, has been referred to the court

The case of Ruslan Zynin, who shot at the military commissar of Ust-Ilymsk, Irkutsk region, was transferred to the district military court in Khabarovsk. This was reported by the publication “People of Baikal” with reference to Ruslan’s mother Maryna Zinina.

The preliminary meeting is scheduled for July 14. Zynin, most likely, will not be released from pre-trial detention center, and he will participate in the process via video link, she said.

Zynin is accused of a terrorist attack, illegal possession of weapons and their manufacture. He faces up to 30 years in prison.

“This is a politically motivated case. He is not a terrorist, he is not connected with any organizations, he did not make demands to the authorities, he did not take hostages, but on the contrary, he expelled everyone [из военкомата]. But they still added an article about a terrorist attack, according to which long terms are given and there is no jury trial. The purpose of this process is to set an example for others [молодым людям] and intimidate everyone as much as possible,” Maryna Zynina believes.

• At the beginning of March, the driver of the forest truck Ruslan Zinin, who shot at the military commissar of Ust-Ilymsk, Irkutsk region, Alexander Eliseev, was charged with terrorism. He was reclassified to the charge of assault on the life of a law enforcement officer.
• Five days after the announcement of mobilization, Zinin came to the military enlistment office in Ust-Ilymsk with a sword. His younger brother received a summons, shortly before that, Zynin’s friend, a conscript who was 18 years old, died in the war. At the meeting with the mobilized, the military commissar Eliseev spoke. Zinin began to question him about the dead second. At that moment, someone in the hall asked: “Where are we going?”. Zinin shouted back that now everyone will go home and fired twice at the military commission.
• Ruslan Zynin’s brother was not mobilized. Military Commissar Eliseev spent a month and a half in the hospital, but recovered from his injuries.