Two residents of Krasnodar were convicted for attempting to set fire to a military unit.

19-year-old Vladimir Surzhansky and 18-year-old Dmitry Rybka were sentenced for attempting to set fire to a military unit. Surzhansky, who is also charged with setting fire to a transport infrastructure facility, received 13.5 years in prison, while Rybka received six.

The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced 19-year-old Vladimir Surzhansky and his acquaintance Dmitry Rybka, who is a year younger. According to the investigation, in early 2025, Surzhansky received a job offer from an unknown person on Telegram—to set fire to military equipment for 700 US dollars. In May, he then invited Rybka, who was not yet 18 at the time. They attempted to enter the territory of the military unit in the village of Kavkazskaya near Gulkievy, but Rybka "sustained an injury" and they "fled the scene," reports "Mediazona" (listed in the foreign agents registry).

Also, following the instructions of the same curator, for a promised reward of 100,000 rubles, Surzhansky doused a transport infrastructure facility located on the railway tracks of one of the stations with an incendiary mixture and set it on fire, for which he partially received the money, reports the unified press service of Krasnodar Krai.

The court sentenced Vladimir Surzhansky to 13 years and 6 months, with the first 3 years of the sentence to be served in prison, and the remaining part of the sentence in a strict regime correctional colony.
Dmitry Rybka received 6 years in a general regime correctional colony.