Petersburg woman sentenced to 10 years in prison for setting fire to military registration and enlistment office door

The First Western District Military Court sentenced 67-year-old St. Petersburg resident Zhamangul Kurbanova to 10 years in a general regime colony in the case of setting the door of a military registration and enlistment office on fire. This was reported by the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg.

The pensioner was found guilty of committing a terrorist act that resulted in significant property damage (clause “c” of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code). The state prosecution asked to sentence the St. Petersburg woman to 12 years in prison.

Kurbanova worked as a saleswoman in a store. According to her, since June 2023, unknown people began calling her and convinced her to take out loans. As a condition for returning the money, she was told that the building in which the criminals were hiding was set on fire, the woman said.

The St. Petersburg woman explained: “I honestly admit what I did, but I am not a terrorist! I didn’t want to harm and didn’t want to kill anyone, I wanted the scammers to be imprisoned so that no more people would suffer. This is my truth."

According to investigators, on August 1, 2023, the woman was offered to set fire to the military registration and enlistment office for 50 thousand rubles, and was also sent instructions for making a Molotov cocktail and money to purchase its components. Then, the security forces believe, Kurbanova came to the military registration and enlistment office, set the door on fire and reported on the task completed.

The pensioner was detained the next day. Initially, she was charged with intentional damage to someone else's property. Then the case was reclassified.