The Supreme Court of Chuvashia sentenced a 25-year-old resident of the Moscow region to 12 years in a high-security colony in a case of 'state treason', reported 'Kommersant' with reference to the regional FSB department. He was also fined 150 thousand rubles and given one year of restricted freedom after serving the main sentence. The accused, whose name is not disclosed, admitted guilt, law enforcement reported.
According to the investigation, in June 2022, the resident of the Moscow region took photographs of the territory of a military unit, 'located in one of the regions of the country'. The convicted person sent the taken photos via his mobile phone to 'representatives of a Ukrainian paramilitary organization recognized as a terrorist organization'.
The FSB also claims that from January to December 2023, the young man converted money into bitcoin and transferred it 'to accounts used for the financial support and logistical supply of Ukrainian armed formations'.
The FSB reported the detention of the resident of the Moscow region born in 1999 in December 2023. It was alleged that he was collecting information about the location of the Ministry of Defense of Russia's facilities and industrial enterprises in the Moscow and Kaluga regions. In a video published by TASS, the detainee then stated that he transferred money to Ukraine about ten times — the amount of each transfer was from two to two and a half thousand rubles.