A Russian court sentenced a man to 16 years in a penal colony for allegedly starting a fire on a railway infrastructure facility at the behest of Ukraine. This was announced by the Russian media on Monday. TASR informs about it according to the report of the AFP agency.
Russia granted severe punishments for persons, which they carried out sabotage in the name of Ukraineespecially on railways. In November, a military court found an unnamed man guilty of a “sentenced him to 16 years in a penal colony with a strict regime”, reported the RIA Novosti news agency with reference to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). Striker born in 1976 comes from the Vladimir region.
The court recognized the man guilty of sabotage, treason and intent to join a terrorist organization. The man allegedly contacted an unnamed recruiter “a Ukrainian terrorist organization and expressed a desire to join it,” the FSB said. He was then allegedly ordered to prove himself by saying that sets fire to track equipmentwhich he did in October 2023. The next day he detained by the FSB.
Railway officials said that a man set fire to the device providing power for security cameras, however, it did not disrupt the train service. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has been investigating dozens of cases “treason” against individuals, who allegedly support Ukraine. These are various allegations, from arson or sabotage on Russian military facilities a infrastructure objects until after providing information about the facilities of the Russian army or sending funds to groups supporting Kyiv, writes AFP.
