Stepanov Nikita Yurevich

In Novosibirsk, unknown individuals set fire to a relay cabinet on the Kleshcheha—Chemskoy section in the Kirovsky district between the Siberian Electrical Engineering Plant and the western customs post on the night of 21 to 22 November 2023." 27 November, two local residents, 16-year-old Nikita Stepanov and 20-year-old Sergey Ivanov, were detained on charges of arson. Initially, a criminal case was opened against them for the intentional destruction of property out of hooligan motives by arson, but the charge was later reclassified as committing sabotage. According to the security forces, in the fall of 2023, an unknown person offered Stepanov through a messenger for 20 thousand. rubles set fire to the relay cabinet of the West Siberian Railway. The minor agreed and asked his friend to help him with this. The court placed both in a pre-trial detention center. On May 19, 2025, the Novosibirsk Regional Court found the defendants guilty and sentenced Sergey Ivanov to 12 years in prison, the first 3 years and 6 months of which he will spend in prison, and the remaining term in a strict regime colony. The court sentenced Nikita Stepanov to 6 years in a general regime colony.