24-year-olds Ivan Koryukov and Alexander Cherepanov escaped from Yekaterinburg Detention Center No. 1, reported E1 citing its own source.
Baza claims that, according to preliminary information, they managed to escape through the roof. Security forces were alerted, and alerts about the escapees were sent to police departments in Yekaterinburg and the Sverdlovsk region.
In May 2023, Koryukov and Cherepanov attempted to set fire to the military enlistment office buildings in the Kirovsky and Oktyabrsky districts of Yekaterinburg. They were promised 40,000 rubles for this, the investigation claimed.
In October 2024, Koryukov was sentenced to 9.5 years in prison, and Cherepanov to 7 years under the article on attempted terrorism.