Zabolotnyy Oleg Sergeevich

In August 2023, FSB officers detained 46-year-old Maksim Volga in the Pskov region. A man was accused of allegedly transporting a bag containing weapons and explosives from the Belarusian border to Voronezh. Maxim himself says that his brother, who lives in Germany and cooperates with the SBU, asked him to bring a bag from the Pskov region (15 km from the Belarusian border) to Voronezh. The correspondence was conducted in Signal. Maxim shared this information with his best friend, who then turned him in to the FSB. Maxim was detained right at the cache, after which he was taken to the Moscow region, where his teeth were knocked out and he was electrocuted. Security forces then brought Volga to Voronezh and showed him where to leave the bag. A 28-year-old Ukrainian citizen, Oleg Zabolotny, came for her. He was also detained. According to the investigation, in the fall of 2022, Zabolotny was recruited by the GUR of Ukraine, underwent training in the Kharkiv region, and went to Russia, where he was tasked with finding out the address of a high-ranking Russian military officer and killing him 'for the purpose of revenge and intimidation.'", To maintain secrecy, the criminal used a bicycle and work clothes from one of the food delivery services. According to the FSB, a homemade explosive device weighing more than 1 kg in TNT equivalent, two electric detonators, and a mechanism for remotely triggering the explosive device were seized from the detained individual. For the sake of conspiracy, the young man bought a silicone mask that mimicked a human face. He was detained in a courier uniform supposedly on the day he planned to plant a bomb. On December 23, 2023, the court sent both men to a pre-trial detention center. On April 10, 2025, the 2nd Western Military District Court found the defendants guilty and sentenced Oleg Zabolotny to 25 years in a strict regime colony, and Maksim Volga to 19 years in a strict regime colony. The first 4 years both defendants will spend in prison. The court also fined Zabolotny 1 million. rubles and the Volga 900 thousand. rubles.