Kondakov Sergey Aleksandrovich

In late February 2024, 38-year-old local resident Sergey Kondakov was detained in Novosibirsk. He was accused of committing sabotage. According to the investigation, from January to February 2024, Kondakov, experiencing financial difficulties, contacted an unknown person through his ex-wife's cousin, who lived in Ukraine. This person in the Threema messenger offered him $500 to set fire to a relay cabinet. During the night of February 26, 2024, Kondakov set fire to a relay cabinet on the stretch between Inya-Vostochnaya and Mochische stations, recorded it on video, and sent the recording to the "curator. For this he received 46,900 rubles. As a result of his actions, damage was caused to JSC Russian Railways in the amount of more than 575 thousand. rubles and there was a delay in train traffic. The defendant in the case was placed in the SIZO. 30 April 2025, the Novosibirsk Regional Court found Sergey Kondakov guilty and sentenced him to 10 years in prison, the first 2 years and 6 months of which he must serve in prison, and the remaining part of the sentence in a strict regime penal colony. The court also ordered him to compensate for the damage caused. On July 25, 2025, the Fifth Appellate Court of General Jurisdiction left the verdict unchanged.