The court sentenced a Kislovodsk resident who joined a Ukrainian neo-Nazi organization and set fire to the Kislovodsk stele to five years in prison, the press service of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Territory. on May 28.
He was found guilty of intentional destruction of property (Part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and participation in the activities of extremist organizations (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The man was sentenced to 5 years in prison in a general correctional colony and ordered to recover material damage in the amount of more than 1.5 million rubles, and his acquaintance was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison. suspended.
The investigation established that in January 2023 the convicted citizen became a member of the Ukrainian extremist organization “Right Sector” (an organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation). In an attempt to demonstrate his devotion to a banned organization, a Kislovodsk resident recorded a video message in which “took an oath of loyalty and expressed readiness to unquestioningly carry out orders to carry out activities aimed at aggravating the socio-political situation in Russia.”
As noted in the investigation department, after this the defendant in the criminal case, together with an acquaintance, while in the city of Kislovodsk, set fire to the letter “V” located on the stele of “Kislovodsk”. The damage caused by the Ukrainian Nazis to the city administration exceeds 127 thousand rubles.
His accomplice was also sentenced to a year and a half of suspended prison.
Also during the investigation, it was established that the convicted man, in the context of a conflict with his employer, set fire to the funeral services building where he worked in September 2022. The destroyed property was valued at more than 1.5 million rubles.
Let us remember that earlier another accomplice of the Ukrainian Nazis was arrested in Primorye. During the investigation it was established that the man established contact with representatives of the Nazi organization to help harm the security of Russia.
A criminal case has been opened against him under article 275.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Confidential cooperation with a foreign state”.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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