The Sovetsky District Court of Ufa arrested four people for two months, accused of setting fire to a relay box on the railway tracks. This was reported by the press service of the court.
Three adults named Shaydullin, Ivanov and Gaisinov, as well as a minor whose details are not disclosed, are charged with an attempted terrorist act and the commission of a terrorist act by a group of persons (part 1 of article 30, paragraph «a» of part 2 of article 205 of the Criminal Code and point «a» of part 2 of article 205 of the Criminal Code), the press service specified.
According to the Investigative Committee, the defendants, “acting by a group of persons by prior agreement, in order to destabilize the activities of the authorities”, set fire to the relay cabinet with “flammable liquid”, completely “destroying” it. The equipment belonging to Russian Railways was located on the third kilometer of the Karlaman Priuralye section of the Kuibyshev railway in the Karmaskalinsky district of Bashkortostan.
In early November 2022, the Sovetsky District Court of Ufa arrested four students accused of organizing a terrorist attack — Farrukhjon Zokirov, Mustafa Shakhbazov , Emin Sadigov and his brother Amin (point «a» of part 2 of article 205 of the Criminal Code). The first three are 18 years old, the last one is 17 years old.
According to the court, they tried five times to damage electrical equipment on the railway, speaking out against the war in Ukraine. Mash, without citing a source, claimed that the order to set fire to the transformers was given to the arrested by an anonymous person on the Internet, and Zokirov persuaded his friends to participate in this because of financial difficulties.
In the same month, the Central District Military Court of Yekaterinburg began to consider the case against five Ufa residents aged 19 to 21 accused of creating a terrorist community (Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, they planned to attack state institutions, police departments and military personnel in 2024 — after the presidential election — and carry out the «overthrow of power».