Kastornaya Kristina Yurevna

In the Stavropol Territory, no later than September 2024, a 41-year-old local resident, former lawyer Kristina Kastornaya, was detained. She was accused of treason, preparation for a terrorist act, illegal handling of explosives committed by a group of persons, illegal manufacture of explosives, and preparation for the same crime. According to the FSB, Kastornaya communicated on social networks with an employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and 'voluntarily agreed' to provide him with assistance. On the orders of the GUR, a resident of Stavropol photographed objects of the FSB and the Ministry of Defense of Russia and "began preparing a terrorist attack, for this she rented a basement where she stored components of a homemade explosive device that she had purchased." 3. At the request of the investigation, the woman was sent to a pre-trial detention center. March 27, 2025, the Southern Military Court found Kristina Kastornaya guilty and sentenced her to 19 years in a general regime colony. The court also fined the woman 800 thousand. rubles fine and restriction of liberty for 6 years.