Tolpygin Ivan Alekseevich

In early April 2024, local 29-year-old resident Ivan Tolpygin was detained in the Oryol region. According to the security forces, the man had been passing the coordinates and photos of local military facilities to "Ukrainian curators" for four months. For this, he was allegedly promised a large sum of money and relocation to the United States with a ready-made green card already prepared."] "A criminal case was opened against Tolpygin for attempted cooperation on a confidential basis with a foreign state to the detriment of the Russian Federation. On April 3, 2024, the court sent him to a pre-trial detention center. On July 15, 2024, the Oryol Regional Court found Ivan Tolpygin guilty and sentenced him to 4 years of imprisonment in a general regime correctional colony and a fine of 500 thousand. rubles and restriction of freedom for 1 year. After the publication of the decision in the case of the Oryol resident, it became known that he communicated in Telegram with a user named "Timur, who claimed to be a representative of Ukraine. At the same time, in reality, 'Timur' was an FSB employee acting within the framework of an 'operational experiment'. On October 23, 2024, the First Appellate Court of General Jurisdiction left the verdict unchanged.