The court of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug sentenced Surgut resident Sergey Loshakov to nine years in a high-security colony for 'state treason', reported the portal 86.ru citing the press service of the FSB department for the Tyumen region. He was also given a one-year restriction of freedom. The trial was held in closed session.
According to the FSB, the Surgut resident was an 'opponent of the foreign and domestic policy of the Russian Federation', therefore he 'proactively entered into correspondence on Telegram with an unidentified person', and then deliberately transferred funds to finance the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As reported by 'Mediazona'*, the KhMAO court, judging by the case file on its website, has since the beginning of 2023 issued sentences to three defendants in 'state treason' cases, imposing terms from 9 to 12 years of imprisonment.
* Recognized in Russia as a 'foreign agent'.