In St. Petersburg, law enforcement officers detained a 57-year-old man, a citizen of Berlin, who, on instructions from Ukrainian curators, removed a package containing explosives from a cache. This became known on Tuesday, April 7.
According to investigators, the detainee has lived in Russia since his early childhood. At the request of a friend from Dnepropetrovsk, he agreed to cooperate with representatives of Ukrainian intelligence to commit acts of sabotage in St. Petersburg. At the aforementioned place, he took a package containing explosives, after which he was arrested.
A case has been opened against the man under seven articles of the Criminal Code, including high treason, preparation for sabotage and illicit trafficking in explosives. According to reports, the accused faces life imprisonment TASS.
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