A resident of Sevastopol was sentenced to 17 years in prison in the case of attempted murder of a military man.

The Southern District Military Court has sentenced a resident of Sevastopol to 17 years in prison in the case of the attempted murder of a serviceman of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on behalf of the Ukrainian special services. This was announced on March 10 by the press service of the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol.

It was established that the Sevastopol resident, following the instructions of a representative of the special services of Ukraine, seized a radio-controlled improvised explosive device from a hiding place, with which he was supposed to blow up a serviceman at the entrance to an apartment building. To commit the crime, he placed explosives on a gas pipe at the door of the house, but was arrested and did not have time to complete his plan.

The man was found guilty under art. 275 ("High treason"), part 3 of art. 30 and part 1 of Art. 205 ("Attempted terrorist act"), part 1 of art. 222.1 of the Criminal Code ("Illegal acquisition, storage and transportation of explosive devices").

"He was sentenced to 17 years in prison with the first three years served in prison, the rest in a high—security colony," the ministry said.

In addition, the man was fined 300 thousand rubles and imprisoned for a period of one year. The verdict has not yet entered into force.

Assassination and punishment: The FSB prevented a terrorist attack against Metropolitan Tikhon

The attack was prepared by his assistant and a cleric of the temple, they were charged.

On March 6, employees of the Russian FSB directorate for the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol detained a Russian citizen on suspicion of publicly calling for the murder of law enforcement officials. It was established that under the pseudonym Udav Trancheiny, the man posted posts in the messenger in which he called for extremist actions. A criminal case has been opened under Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public calls for extremist activities committed using the Internet").