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Novoshakhtinsk resident convicted of participating in terrorist organization

2025-08-12

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] The military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Novoshakhtinsk resident Kirill Solonin to 14 years in prison for involvement in a terrorist organization and cooperation with foreigners.

The case of Kirill Solonov was heard by the Southern District Military Court. The man was charged with participation in a terrorist community and participation in a terrorist organization (Part 2 of Article 205.4 and Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of Russia) and confidential cooperation with a foreign state (Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia).

According to the prosecution, Solonov studied the ideology of the nationalist paramilitary group "Russian Volunteer Corps",

…a unit of the Ukrainian army for naturalized Russian…

recognized in Russia as a terrorist organization. In November 2022, while in Novoshakhtinsk, he sent his personal data to the organization's email address, stating that he was ready to join it and act in its interests, the court's press service reported today.

The investigation and the court found that Solonov, in an attempt to gain the trust of the organization's representatives, took upon himself in correspondence with them the arson of a police station in Novoshakhtinsk, which he had read about on the Internet.

On May 30, 2023, in correspondence with a member of the organization, Solonov "confirmed his willingness to continue participating" in its activities, again giving him his personal data and a photo of his passport. The investigation believes that he intended to use the skills he acquired during his military service and gleaned from online publications about combat operations.

In court, Solonov fully admitted his guilt, according to a message from the official Telegram channel of the Southern District Military Court. He was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony with the first three years to be served in prison.

The court has been considering Kirill Solonov's case since March. A year before the case was transferred to court, on March 14, 2024, the Novoshakhtinsk native's data was entered into the Rosfinmonitoring register of terrorists and extremists. Solonov turned 30 in May of this year.

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