Yaroslavl Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Allegedly Sending Photos of Soldiers’ Graves to Ukrainian Intelligence — Russia’s First Known Treason Conviction of Its Kind
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A 48-year-old resident of Yaroslavl, Nikolai Shcherbakov, was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony for treason. Russian law enforcement officials claim that the man photographed the graves of Russian servicemen killed in the war against Ukraine, and allegedly passed the collected information to Ukrainian intelligence services.
MOSCOW - A regional court in Russia's Yaroslavl region on Tuesday sentenced 48-year-old Nikolai Shcherbakov to 14 years in prison in a maximum-security penal colony. According to the indictment, he committed treason by "systematically" going to a cemetery to photograph soldiers' graves since October 2024, according to Russian websites Mediazona and The Moscow Times.
48-year-old Nikolai Shcherbakova was found guilty of treason by the court, reported to the press service of the Jaroslavsk Regional Court.
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