A court in the Far Eastern Russian city of Magadan has sentenced an unidentified local man to six months in prison after convicting him of failing to report another local's intention to carry out an arson attack on a military recruitment office. The court found the man had been told in September 2023 by a friend that she intended to commit the attack, acting on the instructions of "unidentified people acting in Ukraine's interests." It is the first known case in Russia of a person being given a prison sentence on such a charge. The arson attack was carried out on September 21, 2023, and the two convicted perpetrators were sentenced to 12 1/2 and 13 years in prison. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Russian Service, click here.
Russian Convicted Of Failing To Report Anti-War Arson Plot
A military recruiting poster in Russia (file photo)