OREANDA-NEWS The Second Western District Military Court in Moscow has sentenced five members of a neo-Nazi group who were preparing a terrorist attack on Victory Day in 2023 to long prison terms, according to the FSB Directorate for Moscow and the region.

"By the decision of the 2nd Western District Military Court, Anton Khripko was sentenced to 19 years in prison with serving the first 4 years in prison, and the rest of the sentence was in a high-security penal colony with restriction of liberty for 2 years, Sergei Korkhov, Ivan Silin, Ilya Korkach - to 16 years in prison with serving the first He spent 3 years in prison, and the rest of his sentence in a high-security penal colony with 1 year in prison," the department said.

Another person involved in the case, Leon Silashin, was sentenced to 4 years in an educational colony.

The activities of the neo-Nazi group were suppressed on May 8, 2023.

According to the FSB, the members of the group planned to commit a terrorist act on the eve of Victory Day. "Thus, Anton Alexandrovich Khripko, a Russian citizen born in 2003, was detained while attempting to set fire to vehicles of the department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which ensures the operation of the Chkalovsky airfield. It has been established that since the outbreak of hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, Khripko has repeatedly sought the opportunity to join the nationalist units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," the special service said.

According to the FSB, in April 2022, Khripko was recruited in Poland by the special services of Ukraine "in exchange for the prospect of obtaining citizenship and sent back to Russia to commit terrorist acts against military installations."

Other members of the group were later detained. According to the department, they "learned the skills of making and using improvised incendiary devices, techniques and methods of firing small arms in order to commit terrorist crimes."

Criminal cases were initiated against members of the terrorist community by the Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia in Moscow: against Khripko. - under Part 3 of Article 30, paragraphs "a", "b" of Part 2 of Article 205 (attempted commission of a terrorist act), Part 1 of Article 205.4 (organization of a terrorist community), Part 4 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (assistance to terrorist activities), in relation to Korkhov, Silin, Korkach and Silashin - according to Part 2 of Article 205.4 (participation in a terrorist community), Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (undergoing training in order to carry out terrorist activities).

"As a result of the investigation of the criminal case, exhaustive evidence of the illegal activities of the defendants has been collected," the special service noted.