Koshevoy Semyon Alekseevich

In March 2023, in Belgorod, officers from the FSB Directorate for the Belgorod Region and the FSB Border Service for the Belgorod and Voronezh Regions detained 19-year-old student Semen Koshevoi from the Tver Region. First, he was arrested twice for 15 days for alleged drunkenness - on 20 March and 5 April." And on April 14, a protocol on an administrative offense was drawn up against the young man under the article on "demonstration of Nazi symbols. On April 17, 2023, a criminal case was opened against Koshevy on attempted state treason. According to law enforcement officials, the young man tried to leave for Ukraine to participate in hostilities against the Russian Federation. There he allegedly planned to join the Ukrainian formation 'Legion of Freedom of Russia'. According to the FSB's version, while preparing for the crime, the Tver resident monitored information summaries of combat action areas on the bordering territory of Ukraine, and developed a walking route to cross the state border bypassing established checkpoints. In order to confirm to Ukrainian curators his readiness to commit crimes against Russian military personnel, he planned to set fire to a military enlistment office in one of the cities in Central Russia and send a video report by email. The court placed the student in a pre-trial detention center. On October 10, 2023, Judge Sergei Kotzumbas of the Belgorod Regional Court found Semyon Koshevoi guilty and sentenced him to 4 years in a strict regime colony and 1 year of restricted freedom. The verdict was not appealed and entered into legal force.