Anarchist Ruslan Sidiki was sentenced to 29 years in prison in the case of a train bombing and an attack on a military airfield.

He was also fined two million rubles.

Judge of the 2nd Western District Military Court Oleg Shishov, at a visiting session in the Ryazan Garrison Military Court, sentenced 37-year-old anarchist Ruslan Sidiki to 29 years of maximum security. Mediazona reports this with reference to its correspondent from the courtroom.

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The prosecutor's office requested 30 years in prison for Sidika on five counts.

Sidiki was found guilty under five articles of the criminal code, the final sentence was obtained by adding: under the article on training in terrorist activities - 18 years; for the first episode of the article on the manufacture of explosives - eight years and a fine of 500 thousand rubles, for the second - 10 years and a fine of 600 thousand; under the article on trafficking in explosives - seven years and a fine of 300 thousand rubles; on the first episode of the charge under the article of terrorism - 12 years, on the second - 15 years in prison; under the article on preparation for the manufacture of explosives - to five years in prison; under the article on preparation of the third terrorist attack - six years in prison. The prosecutor's office requested 30 years in prison for him.

According to the verdict, Sidiki will spend the first nine years of his sentence in prison, the remaining 20 years in a maximum security colony. In addition, he was sentenced to a fine of two million rubles and two years of restriction of freedom.

The court also satisfied the civil claims of the victims. Alexander Bogatyrev, the KamAZ driver who hit one of the quadcopters abandoned by Sidiki, will receive 250 thousand rubles. Dmitry Unshakov, the driver of the train that derailed after the explosion - 300 thousand rubles. Assistant driver Sergei Tarabukin - 350 thousand. Russian Railways, according to the court decision, is entitled to compensation in the amount of 3.6 million rubles. Rosagrotrans - 13.2 million rubles. Fertilizer production companies that were on the derailed train - 38.1 million rubles.

After his arrest, Sidiki was beaten and subjected to electric shocks.

Sidiki is a citizen of Russia and Italy. He was born in 1988 in Ryazan, but in 2000 his mother moved him to the Italian city of Syracuse. In the first year of his life there, Sidiki received Italian citizenship, while retaining Russian citizenship. In 2007 he returned to Russia. He worked as a plumber and electrician, and was interested in tourism and cycling.

According to investigators, in the summer of 2023, on instructions from the Ukrainian special services, Sidiki took part in an attack on the Dyaghilevo military airfield in the Ryazan region, not far from his home, and in the fall of the same year derailed 19 carriages of a freight train. The anarchist did not deny this part of the accusation, saying in court that he “wanted to damage the military infrastructure of Russia.” He was also accused of traveling to Turkey and Latvia to train in terrorist activities and preparing a third attack. Sidiki no longer admitted this. According to him, he did not learn anything new at the meeting with Ukrainians in Turkey and Latvia, and did not plan any explosions, as he was depressed due to the death of his grandmother.

Sidiki was detained on November 29, 2023. He was taken to police department No. 4 in Ryazan, where he was tortured.

“People ask me questions: “Are there chronic diseases?” After answering “no,” I get hit in the head, which makes me fall to the floor, and they start kicking me. They tie the wires to the legs and after the command “Call!” They begin to torture with electric shock. When they shocked me, they shouted at me to sing the anthem of Ukraine, but due to clouding of consciousness, I could not remember it,” the anarchist said in letters to Mediazona.

In his last word, Sidiki repeated that he had been tortured and once again explained the motives for his actions

In his last words, Sidiki expressed regret that his actions endangered Bogatyrev, Tarabukin and Unshakov: “They were not the target, and I am glad that this did not lead to serious harm to health. My target was Russian military equipment and the supply chains that are used to move military equipment and fuel to it. In this way, I wanted to make it more difficult to conduct military operations against Ukraine.”

Sidiki's lawyer, Igor Popovsky, insisted that his client should be recognized as a prisoner of war in accordance with the 1949 Geneva Convention, which extends this status to participants in organized resistance on enemy territory.

On May 20, the Central District Military Court in Yekaterinburg sentenced 27-year-old anarchist Alexei Rozhkov to 16 years in prison in the case of arson of a military registration and enlistment office. He was found guilty on charges of a terrorist attack, as well as justification of terrorism and dissemination of “fakes” about the Russian army - for an interview with Khodorkovsky LIVE.

As Vorstka previously found out, in 2024, 3,152 people were added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of terrorists and extremists —this is a record since at least 2019. Also last year, a record number of minors were added to it - 161 people - 110 more than in 2023 (51).

Photo: Ruslan Sidiki in court, Mediazona

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