A criminal case against a programmer from Kamyshin, who is accused of setting the city hall on fire, was sent to court

The criminal case of 37-year-old programmer from Kamyshin Pavel Magalyas, who is accused of setting the city hall on fire, was sent to court. “Caucasian Knot” writes about this.

The man was charged under articles of attempted intentional damage to someone else's property by arson (Part 3 of Article 30, Part 1 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code) and hooliganism (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code), his lawyer Vitaly Grigoriev told the publication.

Magalyas was detained in September 2022 in the city of Kamyshin, Volgograd region. According to investigators, the man threw two burning Molotov cocktails at the door of the city administration. The local administration reported the arson of the city hall by unidentified persons on the same day, noting that the damage was “minor.” The fire was extinguished before firefighters arrived.

On March 6, the first hearing in the Magalyas case was held in the Kamyshinsky City Court. On the same day, the man’s stay in custody was extended, but it is unknown until what date.

Magalyas led a socially active lifestyle, was a musician and in the past served as a preacher for the city’s Lutheran community, and also openly expressed pacifist views, writes the local publication Infocam.

You can support Pavel Magalas by writing him a letter. This can be done either through the official Internet service “ FSIN-Letter ”, or by sending a letter by regular mail. Details for sending a letter:

Magalyas Pavel Aleksandrovich, born January 16, 1985, FKU SIZO-1 Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Volgograd Region, index: 400 066, Volgograd, st. Golubinskaya, 3.

• Since the beginning of the full-scale war with Ukraine, military registration and enlistment offices and administrative buildings have been set on fire in various Russian cities. After the announcement of the “partial” mobilization, such arson became more frequent—several dozen cases of arson of military registration and enlistment offices are known . Some of the criminal cases in connection with the arson of military registration and enlistment offices, as well as police departments, the FSB and administrative buildings are listed in our guide to the “anti-war case”. OVD-Info suggests that at least some of these actions were a response to military aggression from Russia.