NIZHNY NOVGOROD, November 8. A resident of the Nizhny Novgorod region was arrested on suspicion of high treason: he tried to leave to fight for Ukraine, reports the regional department of the FSB.
«The Federal Security Service of Russia for the Nizhny Novgorod region has identified a resident of the region who has established contact with representatives of… a Ukrainian paramilitary terrorist organization in order to join the organization and participate in hostilities against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducting a special military operation,» the message says.
The man was detained while trying to travel to Ukraine. Criminal cases have been opened on participation in the activities of a terrorist organization (the details are not specified, but usually such an article is initiated in case of attempts to join the banned Azov*) and on treason.
Subsequently, the court imprisoned the defendant in a pre-trial detention center.
* Terrorist organization banned in Russia