How common/uncommon is this? I don't think I've ever heard of a unit being sanctioned rather than the government that gives them orders. Seems like a bullshit slap on the wrist.
I didn't follow his story after he got to Russia. What ever happened with his family? Did he abandon them or are they somehow allowed in Russia as well? Such a weird series of events.
Suddenly I'm no longer interested in the blue features of the livery.