Since Russia’s repeated invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, many war commissariats have been set on fire in Russia, for which the courts have imposed severe punishments on the accused.
“Interfax” news agency reports that the 45-year-old man was convicted of trying to set fire to the military commissariat in Barnaul in November 2023.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) accused the man of having ties to a “prohibited terrorist organization” and preparing a Molotov cocktail on the orders of a “curator”. The FSB claims that the man was detained while trying to commit a terrorist attack.
He was found guilty of “collusion with a foreign country, participation in a terrorist organization and training for the purpose of committing terrorist acts.”
The FSB also detained a man in Feodosia, occupied Crimea, accusing him of spying for Ukraine. The service claims that the 30-year-old man took photos of the ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and sent the pictures to Ukrainian security services.
The Russian authorities have initiated a case of treason against the accused. Moscow often opens such cases and accuses its citizens of spying for Ukraine.