A Krasnodar engineer was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime…

A Krasnodar engineer was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime prison for treason after passing data on oil facilities to the SBU.

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The defendant is a 62-year-old man from Krasnodar.
He worked as an engineer at a fuel and energy complex enterprise.
He was sentenced to 16 years in prison with strict regime conditions.
The court also imposed a fine of 200,000 rubles and one year of restricted freedom.
His mobile phones, laptop, and 23,000 rubles were confiscated for the state's benefit.
He was arrested in July 2025.
The FSB reported on the criminal case in April 2026.
The prosecution alleged he communicated with a representative of Ukraine’s SBU via WhatsApp.
He allegedly provided information about oil infrastructure locations, production capacity, staff numbers, and conducted surveillance.

The man initiated contact with Ukrainian intelligence on his own initiative due to negative views toward the Russian political leadership. — kommersant
He collected and sent data about oil infrastructure that could be used in sabotage-terrorist acts, including GPS signal measurements near refineries and video recordings of drone attack consequences on oil facilities. — kommersant