About 10.5 million rubles recovered from those convicted of the Crimean Bridge terrorist attack

Court recovers damages from those convicted of the Crimean Bridge terrorist attack

The Armavir City Court granted the claim for compensation of damage caused to the Republic of Crimea as a result of the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge and jointly recovered 10,420,869.75 rubles in property damage from the convicted persons in favor of the republic's budget. This was reported by the unified press service of the courts of Krasnodar Krai, noting that the claims were granted in full.

Who was convicted and for what

The recovery ruling supplements the previously handed-down verdict: on November 27, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced all eight defendants in the case to life imprisonment. According to Gazeta.Ru, the defendants did not plead guilty during the hearings. Those convicted are Artem Azatyan, Georgy Azatyan, Oleg Antipov, Alexander Bylina, Vladimir Zloba, Dmitry Tyazhelykh, Roman Solomko and Artur Terchanyan. They were charged with the terrorist attack and the unlawful acquisition, storage and transportation of explosive devices, while Solomko and Terchanyan were additionally charged with smuggling explosives.

The investigation's version

According to the investigation, First Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Malyuk and other persons organized a criminal group to carry out a terrorist attack on the Kerch Bridge in 2022. The explosive device, manufactured on the territory of Ukraine, was disguised as a cargo of polyethylene construction film and brought to the bridge in a truck; at the wheel was a person unaware of the accomplices' plans. On October 8, 2022, as the truck was driving across the bridge, the accomplices activated the device. Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had attempted to stage a terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge.