A court in Russia’s Khabarovsk Region sentenced a 21-year-old man to 15 years in prison in connection with a plan to set fire to railway relay cabinets. The defendant was convicted of attempted sabotage, treason, training to carry out sabotage and laundering money obtained through crime.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Khabarovsk Region said the defendant agreed in February 2025 to set fire to railway relay cabinets in exchange for money. According to the statement, he studied materials related to preparing the sabotage and purchased flammable liquid and tools needed to open the relay cabinets.
He filmed the target
The defendant filmed one of the targets and was paid for the act. He was later detained by officers from the Khabarovsk Region Directorate of Russia’s Federal Security Service as he headed toward one of the relay cabinets in the city of Khabarovsk at night.
The court found the defendant guilty of the offenses announced by the prosecutor’s office. Under the ruling, the first three years of the 15-year sentence will be served in prison, with the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony.
Articles applied in the sentence
The conviction was based on Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code concerning treason, Article 281.2 concerning training to carry out sabotage, Article 174.1 concerning the laundering of criminal proceeds, and provisions concerning attempted sabotage.