Yatsenko Yuriy Alekseevich

On August 18, 2023, in Lipetsk, 15-year-old local resident Yuri Yatsenko was detained on his way home."] "During a search, a lighter fluid was seized from him, and in the teenager's phone, correspondence with an anonymous person was allegedly found, who was allegedly persuading him to commit violent "terrorist" acts. A criminal case was opened against the young man for preparing a terrorist act. According to law enforcement officials, Yatsenko, being a supporter of radical nationalist views, in August 2023 entered into correspondence with a certain user in a messenger about the possibility of committing terrorist acts in Lipetsk." Acting in the interests of "curators located on the territory of an unfriendly country, the teenager allegedly intended to cause significant damage and create a danger of death to people for monetary reward by setting fires to relay cabinets on railway tracks, as well as buildings used for performing religious rites. For this, the teenager allegedly thoroughly prepared, studied the selected objects and approaches to them, purchased everything necessary, including materials with which he intended to make a flammable substance, but he was detained. On August 20, 2023, the Oktyabrsky District Court of the city of Lipetsk sent Yatsenko to a pre-trial detention center at the request of the investigation. Four months later, the measure of restraint was changed to house arrest. Relatives of the teenager claim that Yura did nothing and did not intend to - he was detained on his way from the store, where he bought a lighting mixture at the request of his parents for a trip to the dacha. On July 26, 2024, the 2nd Western Military District Court found Yuriy Yatsenko guilty and sentenced him to 3 years of imprisonment in a correctional colony. On January 15, 2025, the Appellate Military Court changed the qualification of the charge to "a group of persons by prior conspiracy" and toughened the punishment, adding another 1 year to the sentence.