Andrey Borisovich Perlov (Russian: Андрей Борисович Перлов, born 12 December 1961 in Novosibirsk, Soviet Union) is a retired race walker who represented the USSR and later Russia.

[3] In March 2024, Perlov became a subject of an investigation into the embezzlement of funds from a football club which he managed as a director and was subsequently taken into custody.

While in detention, Perlov was repeatedly offered to sign a contract to serve military duty in the Ukraine, however, he rejected this offer, believing that the case itself was initiated illegally, and using such a method to avoid prosecution would have served as an admission of guilt for a crime he did not commit.

[4][5][1] As the BBC notes, "Perlov has been detained for over six months, and his family says he is being pressured to fight in Ukraine, with the promise that the embezzlement charges would be frozen and possibly dropped after the war.

Under the latest laws, prosecution and defense lawyers are now required to inform those charged with most crimes that they have the option to go to war instead of facing court".