Photo: Leonyuk Anton Vladimirovich
imprisoned

Personal Information

Birth date
28 авг. 1994 г. (31 years old)

Leonyuk Anton Vladimirovich

Added: 26 февр. 2025 г.

Case Information

Region of case initiation:
Chelyabinsk Oblast
Detention date:
21 авг. 2023 г.
Charges:
Art. 281 CC RF Part 2 Clause a, Art. 30 CC RF Part 1
Sentence:
15 years strict regime
Estimated release date:
19 авг. 2038 г.
Case categories:
Arson, Sabotage, War-related
Rosfinmonitoring status:
Added 20 окт. 2023 г.

Case Description

On August 13, 2023, in Chelyabinsk, on the road leading from the Balandino station to the airport, unknown individuals burned a relay cabinet on the railway tracks used to transport cargo. The wardrobe burned out completely, but this did not affect train traffic. He simply wasn't there at that moment - only freight cars run along the route and no more than once a day. Empty bottle of flammable liquid and cigarette butt found at the scene. Anton Leonyuk, a 28-year-old unemployed resident of the Aeroport village, was detained on August 21, 2023, on charges of arson. During the interrogation, the Chelyabinsk resident said that he decided to set fire to the cabinet with railway equipment because of an old grudge against the police, where they allegedly did not accept a statement from him. A criminal case was opened against Leonuk for sabotage and attempted sabotage. According to the investigation, the man was also preparing to set fire to a relay cabinet in another area of Chelyabinsk. The court sent Leonyuk to SIZO for the duration of the investigation. On June 28, 2024, the Chelyabinsk Regional Court found Anton Leonyuk guilty and sentenced him to 15 years in prison." "He will serve the first 5 years in prison, and the remaining part in a strict regime colony." Also, the court ordered Leonuk to pay 284 thousand in property damage. rubles. On October 21, 2024, the Second Appellate Court of General Jurisdiction upheld the sentence.