Photo: Simonov Kirill
imprisoned

Personal Information

Notes
was tried for theft and robbery

Simonov Kirill

Added: 26 февр. 2025 г.

Case Information

Region of case initiation:
Republic of Crimea
Detention date:
8 мая 2024 г.
Charges:
Art. 30 CC RF Part 1, Art. 205 CC RF Part 1
Case categories:
War-related, Crimea, Terrorism

Case Description

In the city of Kerch, in the annexed Republic of Crimea, at the beginning of May 2024, local resident Kirill Smirnov, 30 years old, was detained. According to Russian security officials, Simonov was preparing to blow up a railway that the RF Armed Forces use to transport fuel for the war with Ukraine. The FSB claims that the man was recruited by the Ukrainian special services. On the instructions of a certain curator, he allegedly bought components for a homemade bomb. A criminal case was opened against the Crimean man for preparing a "terrorist attack. He was sent to a pre-trial detention center.