A native of Krasnodar was convicted for donations to "Artpodgotovka"* and assembling bombs.
The military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced a resident of Adygea, Sergey Produkh, to a long prison term for financing a banned organization and manufacturing explosive devices.
Produkh was charged with financing terrorism (part 1.1 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia), illegal manufacturing of explosives (part 1 of article 223.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), and illegal possession of explosive devices (part 1 of article 222.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The first article provides for a prison term of eight to 15 years, while the other two provide for eight to ten and six to eight years of imprisonment, respectively.
According to the investigation, from October 8, 2021, to April 6, 2023, Produkh, while in Krasnodar, made five money transfers to the account of the organization "Artpodgotovka"* and its leader Vyacheslav Maltsev.
In August 2024, while in Adygea, he manufactured explosives from components he had and then assembled nine homemade explosive devices based on them. On August 26, 2024, they were discovered and seized by law enforcement officers, reported the press service of the Southern District Military Court on July 2.
The court found Produkh guilty and sentenced him to 11 years in a strict regime colony, with the first three years to be served in prison, as well as a fine of 210,000 rubles. The court's statement does not specify whether the defendant agreed with the charges. The "Caucasian Knot" currently has no comments from Produkh or his lawyer regarding plans to appeal the verdict.
According to the record in the register of terrorists and extremists of Rosfinmonitoring, Sergey Produkh was born in Krasnodar in October 1973. His data was added to the list on February 13, 2025, according to a message from a Telegram bot tracking updates in the list.
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