The Southern District Military Court sentenced 35-year-old native of Melitopol, Yegor Semenov, to 27 years in prison, accused of attempting to poison graduates of the aviation school in Armavir, reported «Kommersant». The prosecution requested a life sentence. Semenov will spend the first five years of his sentence in prison, and the remainder in a high-security colony. The case was considered in a closed session.
According to the investigation, Semenov, who became a Russian citizen in 2022, was recruited in April 2023 by a «Ukrainian intelligence officer». The man was promised 400,000 rubles for organizing the murder of graduates of the Armavir Higher Military Aviation Red Banner School of Pilots of Air Defense. As noted in the indictment, Semenov ultimately did not receive the money.
The prosecution claims that the man flew to Armavir and added cordiamin to bottles of alcohol and a cake. On October 20, 2023, he hired a courier who delivered the alcohol and cake to the restaurant where the school reunion was taking place, attended by 77 people. The pilots found the package suspicious because the courier could not say who it was from, and they contacted the FSB. Later, an examination confirmed that the products were sent.
Semenov was immediately detained and charged with committing a «terrorist act using toxic substances» and «treason».
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