Gogolev Vasiliy

On July 20, 2024, in St. Petersburg, at around four o'clock in the afternoon, 76-year-old pensioner Vasily Gogolev approached the military enlistment office at 24 Sizova Avenue and threw a bottle with an incendiary mixture onto the porch. The fire did not spread beyond the concrete steps. Later that evening, the pensioner was detained. A criminal case was opened against him for attempted terrorism. During the interrogation, the man reported that he had become a victim of fraudsters - first they extorted 200 thousand from him. from the account and 150 thousand 3. rubles in cash, and later he received a new call with an offer to return the lost funds - for this he needed to "help the investigation": "They said it was necessary to lure out the accomplices of terrorists who are sitting in the military enlistment office." It is unknown whether a preventive measure has been chosen. On July 25, 2024, the Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg granted the prosecution's motion to place Gogolev in a stationary psychiatric examination at a medical organization for 30 days.