Russian who tried to sabotage the passage of a train with weapons is sentenced to 14 years in prison

lRussian military justice today sentenced a Russian who tried to sabotage the passage of a train to 14 years in prison with weapons near the city of Yekaterinburg, capital of the Urals.

According to the newspaper 'Vechernie védomosti', Vladlen Menshikov, 29, tried to block the train's points, which, according to the investigation, could have caused the derailment of a train with military equipment bound for Ukraine.

Menshikov, who was detained in September 2022 while trying to fly to Belarus, was convicted of cooperating with a foreign organization and justifying terrorism.

The prosecution considers that the convicted man received instructions from the leaders of the Russian Freedom Legion, which has carried out several incursions into Russian border regions in recent months.

The prosecution considers that the convicted man received instructions from the leaders of the Russian Freedom Legion, which has carried out several incursions into Russian border regions in recent months.

During the trial, the defense accused the Federal Security Service (FSB) of torturing their client so that recognize acts they never committedaccording to human rights organizations.

Last week, the Russian Justice also sentenced two other Russians who tried to join the legion, which includes Russian volunteers who fought in the ranks of the Ukrainian Army, to nine years in prison.

The Kremlin considers the legion and other groups such as the Siberian Battalion and the Russian Volunteer Corps terrorist organizations. and the president, Vladimir Putin, has ordered the security services to pursue its members “without a statute of limitations.”

Some opposition leaders in exile have called on Russians to support their countrymen's armed resistance against the Kremlin.