A Russian military court today sentenced a man to 14 years in prison after finding him guilty of collaborating with a foreign state and “justifying terrorism,” Russian media reported today. Authorities initially charged 29-year-old Vladlen Menshikov with attempting to sabotage railway lines transporting military equipment near his hometown of Rez, a small village near the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, Vecherniye Vedomosti newspaper reported. He was subsequently charged with the other two charges and the charge of attempted sabotage was dismissed, the newspaper said, citing documents from the Yekaterinburg military court. The report says Menshikov is suspected of receiving instructions from the “Legion of Freedom of Russia,” a Ukraine-based paramilitary organization made up of Russians who oppose President Vladimir Putin and have claimed responsibility for cross-border attacks on Russian soil. . Russian officials have linked pro-Ukrainian sabotage groups to numerous attacks on rail lines aimed at disrupting the movement of supplies to […]
Source: News Beast
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