Kuligin Yaroslav Mikhaylovich

In Moscow on November 24, 2023, three teenagers were detained — 16-year-old Yevgeny Nazarenko, 18-year-old Yaroslav Kuligin, and 17-year-old Nikita Alekseenko. According to the investigation, they participated in several attempts to set fire to transport infrastructure in the Moscow region. On the morning of October 21, around four o'clock, unknown individuals set fire to the head car of an electric train at the Domodedovo depot. The duty typist noticed the fire, the carriage was moved away and extinguished, the driver's cab and part of the vestibule burned out. A month later, on November 24, they set fire to the alarm and blocking system cabinet on the stretch between Domodedovo and Belye Stolby, which caused a delay of about one and a half hours."]} Supposedly the guys were identified by cameras, they were detained and sent to a pre-trial detention center. The Investigative Committee initially opened a criminal case under the article on disabling vehicles or means of communication, but later the charge was reclassified as committing sabotage. The security forces claim that Ukrainian special services recruited the young men to carry out sabotage, and even paid them about 100 thousand rubles for it. The leader of the group was appointed the adult Yaroslav Kuligin, who allegedly received "assignments from curators by an impersonal phone. Initially, the young men were accused of bringing vehicles or means of communication into an unfit state. But later the charge was reclassified to sabotage committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy. 25 November 2023, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow sent all three to a remand prison. Later, the teenagers said that they were tortured for testimony during their detention. They were beaten on the head with a Stahlhelm helmet, which was used by the armed forces of Germany from 1916 to 1946. Kulygin and Nazarenko were told by FSB officers that another person was killed during the detention.