The Rostov Regional Court sentenced 19-year-old Danila Efimov to 12 years in a maximum security colony, the press service of the court told Mediazona. He was found guilty under Article 275 of the Criminal Code (treason).
The case against Efimov was initiated by the FSB department for the Volgograd region, the court reported. It was submitted to the court at the end of May 2024 and was considered behind closed doors, since the materials were classified. The court handed down the verdict on July 2.
In the leaked databases, you can find a single person whose data matches those named by the court’s press service. The young man was registered at an address in the city of Snezhnoye, Donetsk region. This city has been under the control of the authorities of the self-proclaimed DPR since 2014. Efimov probably received a Russian passport, since without it they would not have been able to open a case against him under the article of treason.