The key facts

  • An Uzbek citizen was sentenced to 23 years in a strict-regime colony, with the first five years to be spent in prison
  • According to the court, he selected targets for a terror attack in Stavropol and passed information to a member of a terrorist organization
  • Targets included the administrations of the Oktyabrsky district and the city, the city duma, and the regional ministry of natural resources

Verdict of the Southern District Military Court

The Southern District Military Court sentenced an Uzbek citizen to 23 years of imprisonment in a strict-regime colony for preparing a terror attack in Stavropol. According to a court representative, the convicted man will spend the first five years of his sentence in prison.

What the convicted man is charged with

According to the court, on February 25 of last year the convicted man informed a member of a terrorist organization about the targets he had selected for the terror attack. Among them were the building of the administration of the Oktyabrsky district of Stavropol, the buildings of the city administration and the Stavropol City Duma, as well as the building of the regional ministry of natural resources. He also mapped out the route between these targets.

Context: other verdicts in similar cases

Earlier, the same Southern District Military Court sentenced a native of Bashkiria to 20 years of imprisonment for preparing a terror attack in the prosecutor's office building in Cherkessk. According to the court, the convicted man surveilled the building, passed photos, videos and information about outdoor surveillance cameras to his handler, and also bought components for explosives. He was supposed to assemble the device in the town of Ust-Dzheguta, but was detained by law enforcement. In addition, a Crimean resident was earlier sentenced to 29 years in prison for preparing a terror attack.