The key facts
- The appellate military court upheld the 20-year sentence of the Barnaul resident
- He will spend the first five years in prison, then 15 years in a maximum-security colony and two years under freedom restrictions
- The incident occurred in October 2024 during the detention of the fugitive, who had been placed on a federal wanted list
The verdict was upheld on appeal
A Barnaul resident who hid from law enforcement in a forest dugout, took his wife hostage and wounded two law enforcement officers failed to overturn his 20-year sentence. The appellate military court left the punishment unchanged, the Altai Krai prosecutor's office reported. According to the prosecutor's office, the convicted man will spend the first five years in prison, the remaining 15 in a maximum-security penal colony, and after release he will face another two years of freedom restrictions. The man insisted on his innocence, but the appeal was rejected.
How the events unfolded
The story began in October 2024: the Barnaul resident, previously convicted multiple times, failed to report to a correctional center to serve compulsory labor, after which he was placed on a federal wanted list. Two months later he was found in a dugout near the settlement of Borzovaya Zaimka. During the attempted detention, he grabbed his wife, held a loaded hunting rifle to her head, and then fired several times at police and Federal Penitentiary Service officers — two law enforcement officers were wounded. The man was detained and the woman was freed. The court found him guilty of taking a hostage and assaulting the lives of law enforcement officers; despite his denial of guilt, the collected evidence was sufficient for a conviction, which was also upheld on appeal. This was reported by Life.ru.
A similar case in Ingushetia
Life.ru also reported on a similar incident in Ingushetia, where a man took his own wife hostage and opened fire on a police officer. According to preliminary data, the incident took place in the village of Ekazhevo: a 37-year-old local resident, while intoxicated, locked his wife in the house and threatened her with a smoothbore rifle. Unlike the Barnaul case, the publication did not describe the outcome of that proceedings.
