The key facts

  • Two 18-year-old residents of Krasnoyarsk Krai sentenced: 8 and 5 years of imprisonment
  • One of the defendants had undergone sabotage training and acted for payment
  • The money received for the crime was confiscated in favor of the state

Verdict for attempted sabotage

Two 18-year-old residents of Krasnoyarsk Krai have been convicted of attempting to commit sabotage on the railway, reported the West Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office. According to the investigation, in late July of last year, one of the defendants, who had undergone sabotage training, attempted to set fire to railway relay and battery cabinets in the Oktyabrsky district of Krasnoyarsk in exchange for payment. A mobile phone belonging to the second defendant was used in the act.

Sentence taking age into account

The court took into account the position of the state prosecutor and the fact that the young men committed the crime while still minors. As a result, one was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment, and the other to five. The money the convicts received for committing the crimes was confiscated in favor of the state.

Context

Earlier, on October 22, it was reported that two men detained by officers of the FSB Directorate for Krasnodar Krai were convicted of sabotage on the railway in Krasnodar, which caused train delays. These cases are not connected to each other, but belong to the same category — sabotage of railway infrastructure.