The Moscow City Court announced a guilty verdict on July 1 against two Kazakhs living in Moscow who were charged with railway sabotage. Aleksandr Abram and Eduard Burdilov were charged with sabotage committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy. Both received 13 years in prison. Abram will spend the first four years and Burdilov will serve the first five years of that time in prison before serving the remainder of his sentence in a maximum-security institution, according to Mediazona. The Kazakhs are also ordered to pay 387,000 rubles (about $4,468) in damages to Russian Railways. Abram and Burdilov were detained on June 22, 2023. To read the original story on RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Two Kazakhs Convicted In Russia Of Railway Sabotage
Russian Railways crews work at the scene of derailed cargo carriages in the Ryazan region in November 2023.