By RFE/RL's Siberia.Realities

A court in Siberia sentenced a resident of Novosibirsk on May 14 to 12 years in prison on charges of attempted sabotage in 2022 and having links with the Freedom of Russia legion, a group fighting alongside Ukrainian forces against occupying Russian troops. The court also ordered 48-year-old Dmitry Gurulyov to pay a 300,000 ruble ($3,265) fine. Gurulyov pleaded not guilty, insisting that he had contacted the Freedom of Russia legion before it was officially labelled as a "terrorist" organization by the state. His lawyers also say that their client had abandoned any plans of committing sabotage after failing in his attempts to make an explosive device.