The Krasnodar resident was sentenced to a long term for treason.
The military court in Rostov-on-Don found Krasnodar resident Evgeny Butko guilty of treason, sentencing him to 20 years in prison for transferring money to the RDK*.
According to the court, on November 20, 2024, while at his residence in Krasnodar, the defendant published a message in which he welcomed the activities of the banned terrorist organization "Russian Volunteer Corps"*.
Later, on December 22, 2024, he transferred cryptocurrency in the amount of 3144 rubles to an electronic wallet used by representatives of this organization, the Southern District Military Court reported today on its Telegram channel.
The court found Butko guilty of public calls for terrorist activities, aiding terrorist activities, and treason. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The first five years Evgeny Butko must spend in prison, the remainder of the sentence in a strict regime colony.
"The verdict has not yet entered into legal force and may be appealed by the parties in the Appellate Military Court," the court's press service said in a statement.
The Prosecutor's Office of Krasnodar Krai also reported on the sentence of the 53-year-old man, clarifying information regarding additional punishment – one year of restriction of freedom after release and a two-year ban on administering websites and internet pages.
“In addition, the court confiscated his mobile phone, which was used in the commission of the crimes, and transferred it to state ownership,” the agency's statement said.
Evgeny Butko was born on September 23, 1973, in the village of Zatobolsk in the Kazakh SSR, according to the registry of terrorists and extremists of Rosfinmonitoring. According to a bot that tracks updates in this list, Butko's data with a note of involvement in terrorism was added there long before the verdict, on May 29, 2025.
"Caucasian Knot" also reported that law enforcement suspected a resident of Krasnodar Krai of preparing a terrorist act at a Ministry of Defense facility. The man was detained and taken into custody, facing seven criminal charges. Previously, a resident of Anapa was accused of treason and recruiting militants for a terrorist organization with plans to seize power. In July, the court sentenced a long term of imprisonment to Novorossiysk resident Evgeny Chernyshov, finding him guilty of treason and participation in a terrorist organization.
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* the organization is recognized as terrorist and banned in Russia.
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