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Ussuriysk resident sentenced to 23 years for aiding the Ukrainian Armed Forces and calling for arson of military enlistment offices

The Pacific Fleet Military Court handed down a verdict to a 61-year-old resident of Ussuriysk: 23 years in prison for high treason and public calls to action. According to the Primorsky Krai prosecutor's office, he called for setting fire to military enlistment offices and organized the shipment of a vehicle for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The verdict has not yet entered into force.

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Native of Vinnytsia region sentenced to 25 years for preparing an attempt on a Kursk official

The Second Western District Military Court sentenced 54-year-old entrepreneur Sergei Mazur to 25 years in prison in a case of attempted terrorist act and preparation of an attempt on the life of an official in Kursk region. According to the investigation, the man acted on assignment from Ukrainian intelligence and was detained before committing the crime.

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Court rejects appeal of Lerchek's ex-husband Artem Chekalin, sentenced to seven years in prison colony

The Moscow City Court upheld the verdict against Artem Chekalin — the ex-husband of blogger Lerchek (Valeria Chekalina), who was sentenced to seven years in a prison colony for illegal currency operations involving the transfer of 251 million rubles to the UAE. The defense's appeals, which sought a suspended sentence due to three minor children, were left unsatisfied.

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FSIN denied reports that Arsen Markaryan works as a seamstress in the colony

The Tver Regional FSIN called false the publications claiming that blogger Arsen Markaryan, serving his sentence in Correctional Colony No. 4 in Torzhok, learned the profession of seamstress and sewed his own prison uniform due to the lack of a uniform in his size. The department stated that the convict is fully provided with clothing and is employed in another position, which was not specified.

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In China, a kindergarten owner was sentenced to life imprisonment for poisoning 233 children with lead

A court in China has delivered a verdict in the case of the poisoning of children at a private kindergarten in the city of Tianshui, Gansu province, where 233 children were found to have lead poisoning in July 2025. The owner, Li Huifang, who ordered toxic industrial paint to be added to food to improve the appearance of dishes, received a life sentence. The director was sentenced to 15 years, the cooks to 6–8 years, and another 27 officials and medics found themselves in the dock for falsifying test results.

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Two Residents of Zaporizhzhia Region Sentenced to 16 and 8 Years for Preparing a Terrorist Attack Against Police Officers

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Natalia Tseluiko to 16 years in a penal colony and a fine of 500 thousand rubles, and Muira Zdor to 8 years and a fine of 300 thousand rubles. According to the court, Tseluiko, on assignment from Ukrainian intelligence, gathered information about Russian military personnel and agreed to organize a terrorist attack against police officers, involving Zdor. The women were detained on June 5, 2024, after components of explosive devices were seized from a cache.

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72-year-old Tashkent resident who extorted $500 thousand from a Bukhara businessman while posing as an Administration of the President employee sentenced to 8 years

The Bukhara City Criminal Court sentenced 72-year-old Kh. Yu. to 8 years imprisonment for extortion on an especially large scale. He posed as an Administration of the President employee, intimidated the head of a Bukhara company with an inspection and demanded $500 thousand. He was detained while receiving 10 million soums on his card.

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