A programmer from the Volgograd region was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison due to arson of the city administration

The Kamyshin City Court sentenced programmer Pavel Magalyas to two years and six months in a general regime colony in the case of arson of the Kamyshin city administration. The regional press service of the courts reported this on their telegram channel. From the court’s website it follows that the verdict was handed down on July 26.

reports information Magalyas was found guilty under articles of attempted intentional damage to someone else's property by arson (Part 1 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code with the use of Part 3 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code) and hooliganism (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code).

According to , the man was dissatisfied with the political actions and decisions of the authorities, including the war in Ukraine and the “partial” mobilization; in September, he threw two burning Molotov cocktails at the Kamyshin administration building.

versions of the investigation and the court “As a result, a fire occurred in the wall and window frame of the building, which was promptly seen and extinguished by the operational duty officer located in the administration premises,” the judicial press service reports. About the arson the same day, local officials noted that the damage was "minor."

reported Magalyas admitted his guilt. When pronouncing the sentence, as stated in the press service, the court took into account “circumstances mitigating the punishment, as well as the impact of the imposed punishment on the correction of the convicted person and on the living conditions of his family, including admission of guilt, repentance, and donations to the fund.”

SVO About the arrest of Magalyas on September 25, 2022, he was taken into custody. A criminal case will go to court in April.

it became known that Magalyas worked as a programmer and also studied music in the group “Tin Kamyshin” on VKontakte; the post about him was later deleted. He has two children. In the past, Magalyas served as a preacher for the city's Lutheran community, and also openly expressed pacifist views, the local publication Infocam.

wrote the broadcast - Since the beginning of the full-scale war with Ukraine, arson attacks on military registration and enlistment offices and administrative buildings have been occurring in different cities of Russia. After the announcement of the “partial” mobilization, such arson attacks became more frequent—several dozen cases of arson of military registration and enlistment offices were reported. 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 “anti-war case”. OVD-Info suggests that at least some of these actions were a response to military aggression from Russia. known to the guide