Yevgeny Nikiforov, a resident of the Volgograd region who wanted to join the Ukrainian army, was sentenced by a court in Rostov-on-Don to six years and six months in a strict regime colony. It has been reported DEA News.
Criminal proceedings were initiated against him pursuant to Art. 275 (treason in the form of espionage, treason in the form of providing other assistance to representatives of a foreign state) and Art. 276 (espionage).
According to the investigation, at the end of last year, the man came to the territory of the Rostov region to cross the state border of the Russian Federation and participate in hostilities against Russia as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
During the detention, agency notes, a survey and an application for a contract with Ukrainian troops, a Taslan hill team and mobile phones for communicating with subscribers in Ukraine were found and confiscated from him.
In December 2022, the Leninsky District Court in Rostov-on-Don arrested Nikiforov was sentenced to two months in prison on suspicion of treason.