The Second Military Court of the Eastern District in Novosibirsk sentenced a supporter of the Ukrainian Legion “Freedom of Russia” (a banned organization in Russia) to 16 years in prison for treason and sabotage on the railway. In this respect reports Transport Department of the Siberian Federal District of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
According to the investigation, the defendant set fire to the relay cabin on the railway in June 2023. A 22-year-old man received a message on one of the messengers with an offer to join an organization banned in Russia. The Omsk resident agreed to this, and the curators ordered the young man to set fire to the railway equipment.
The person accused of arson was quickly detained and a criminal case was opened. By court decision, the Russian was found guilty of treason and sabotage and sentenced to 16 years in prison to serve in a maximum security colony, the first three years of which the convict will spend in prison.
Previously, a man in Krasnoyarsk was sentenced to prison for making preparations. sabotage.