Actor Kirill Kanakhin was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment in the case of the RDK raid in the Bryansk region

The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced 41-year-old actor Kirill Kanakhin, who went to Ukraine and joined the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), in absentia to life imprisonment, TASS and RIA Novosti report .

The prosecutor's office requested the same punishment for Kanakhin. The actor, who previously starred in TV series and worked at the Moscow Theater of the Moon, was found guilty of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code).

According to the prosecution, Kanakhin participated in a saboteur raid in the Bryansk region in early March 2023. responsibility for it The RDK took . According to the Baza telegram channel , the actor “fought for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction,” and also allegedly took part in the Belgorod raid in May 2023.

According to Mediazona, since July 14, 2023, Kanakhin has been on the federal wanted list. The court clarified to TASS that the actor was also put on the international wanted list. In early November, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow arrested actor Kanakhin in absentia.

According to Shot, during a hearing in the 2nd Western District Military Court, Kanakhin’s cousins ​​said that the actor moved to Ukraine back in 2012.

Earlier, the same court sentenced the founder of the RDK and neo-Nazi Denis Kapustin in absentia to life imprisonment in the case of a saboteur raid in the Bryansk region. Kapustin was accused of treason, attempted terrorist attack, teaching terrorist activities, creating a terrorist community and purchasing explosives.

As a result of the raid, according to Russian authorities, two men were killed and a boy was wounded. was also arrested in absentia in this case. 29-year-old far-right activist Alexey Ogurtsov