INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
An earlier version of this story said Farber is the first Russian to be jailed for attacking a military enlistment office
This has been corrected.A Russian court has handed down one of the country's first jail sentences for arson of a military enlistment office
amid a string of attacks nationwide sparked by the invasion of Ukraine.Around 70 military recruitment centers and government buildings have
been attacked across Russia since the country launched its invasion on Feb
21, according to independent media estimates.Ilya Farber was found guilty of throwing Molotov cocktails at a draft office and a military
court sentenced Farber to three years and two months in penal colony.Farber, 48, who lives in the Moscow region 1,200 kilometers west of
statement on the Telegram messaging app.He faced a maximum punishment of five years in jail and a fine of 2.6 million rubles ($43,000) under
the charges.Russian mediaidentified Farber as a former rural arts, literature and music teacher who was jailed for bribery in 2012 in a
