The 19 -year -old Petersburger was sentenced to eight years in the prison in the case of sabotage on the railway

The St. Petersburg City Court sentenced the 19-year-old Vyacheslav Zaitsev to eight years in the conclusion in the case of sabotage (part 1 of Article 281 of the Criminal Code), which was excited due to the arson of a relay cabinet on the railway. This was reported by the United press service of the city courts.

The young man will spend the first two years of imprisonment in prison, and the remaining six years in a maximum security colony. According to the card of the case on the court’s website, the verdict was announced today, January 31.

“Lawyers asked to take into account the mitigating circumstances, especially the fact that Zaitsev was written a statement to the military enlistment office about the desire to take part in his. They also asked for a change in the category of crime for a serious one, ” added in court.

According to investigators, in March last year, Zaitsev published an announcement of the search for work in one of the telegram channels. Then he was offered to set fire to the signaling, centralization and locking device for 10 thousand rubles - a railway railway wardrobe.

On March 17, the young man took the paint and the lighter and went to the stage between the Gorelovo and Krasnoye Selo railway stations in St. Petersburg. Then, the security forces believe, Zaitsev set fire to the relay cabinet and recorded his actions on the video. Over the next two days, he received a transfer of 10 thousand rubles.

The court found that "the intent of Zaitsev was aimed precisely at damage to transport infrastructure facilities in order to undermine the economic security and defense capabilities of the Russian Federation, which the defendant himself spoke."

The security forces were estimated at 1,566 rubles 87 kopecks. As specified in court, the young man pleaded guilty, and also at the stage of preliminary investigation compensated for the damage. The security forces argue that when viewing the Zaitsev’s phone, they found “numerous requests for the execution of girls and women under various circumstances” in his browser. Zaitsev did not remember in which context he made requests.