The Southern District Military Court sentenced a resident of annexed Sevastopol to 21 years of imprisonment on charges of 'treason' and preparing for arson, reported the agency 'Interfax' with reference to the regional FSB department. He will spend the first four years in prison, the rest of the term in a high-security colony.
According to the intelligence service, the 48-year-old man was recruited by the SBU in 2022 and passed on data about military facilities in Sevastopol, as well as planned to set fire to an administrative building.
In addition to 'treason' and 'preparation for a terrorist attack', the Sevastopol resident was also accused of undergoing 'terrorism training', where and how he did this is not specified.
The Crimean's name is Dmitry Papenko, learned 'Mediazona'*. At the time of his arrest, he was applying for a job as a handyman at the post office.
At the end of September, a resident of annexed Sevastopol, Vladimir Pazin, was sentenced to 16 years for 'treason' and 'attempted terrorist attack', he was found guilty of attempting to blow up a car of a serviceman of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
*Recognized in Russia as a 'foreign agent'.