The Central District Military Court in Yekaterinburg sentenced 39-year-old mother of two, Valeria Marchenko, to 20 years in a penal colony in a case of attempting to set fire to a military enlistment office in Yekaterinburg, reported SOTAvision*.
The machinist of ammonia-refrigeration units at a poultry farm in the village of Reftinsky was found guilty under articles on "preparation for a terrorist act by a group of persons by prior conspiracy", "treason" and "undergoing training for terrorist activities".
The trial was held in a closed session. According to SOTAvision, Marchenko is accused of attempting to set fire to the Central Regional Military Commissariat from March 22 to 24 last year. The woman was detained on her way to the enlistment office building with eight "Molotov cocktails". According to the investigation, the convict intended to set fire to the enlistment office "in order to destabilize government bodies, influencing decisions to end the Special Military Operation".
As the publication writes, citing a source from the convict's entourage, a person who introduced himself as an employee of the Ukrainian project "I Want to Live" suggested that the woman set fire to the enlistment office. He also sent the woman photo instructions on how to prepare the incendiary mixture. Marchenko is convinced that she was communicating with a Ukrainian military person, not an FSB officer, because "he knew things that Russian special services do not know".
The convict fully admitted her guilt but considers it a method of struggle. "I will not give up and will never surrender! I put everything I had on the line: children, freedom, career, health, and I didn't manage to get a higher education diploma this year! I acted righteously! With heart and regret nothing! Because it's enough to be silent and afraid, to watch countless deaths of people and the lawlessness of darkness!" she wrote in one of the letters.
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