Tula Resident Sentenced to 16 Years for Treason, Sabotage, Terrorist Group Involvement

Overview

• A regional court ordered 16 years in a strict‑regime colony, with the first three years in prison, followed by one year of restricted freedom, and it confiscated his mobile phone.
• Judges found him guilty of state treason, sabotage, participation in a terrorist organization, and vandalism under the Russian Criminal Code.
• Prosecutors told the court he set fire to a cellular base station in the Tula region in late December 2023.
• The prosecution said he used his internet‑enabled phone to receive tasks from Ukrainian intelligence and sprayed political inscriptions on building walls.
• Details of the case were provided by the Tula regional prosecutor’s office to RIA Novosti, with no defense statements or independent corroboration included in the report.