The Leninsky District Court of Novosibirsk has taken Denis Gogolev and Alexander Ovchinnikov, suspected of sabotage, into custody, reported the press service of the Novosibirsk region courts.
According to the investigation, on September 6-7, 2025, Gogolev and Ovchinnikov "for the purpose of undermining the economic security and defense capability of the Russian Federation" set fire to a relay cabinet in the Leninsky district of Novosibirsk. On September 9, the suspects were detained and the court, at the request of the investigation, sent them to a pre-trial detention center.
OVD-Info»*, in 2024, 69 people were convicted of "sabotage", for 48 of them this was the main charge, 13 convicted were minors.
* Recognized in Russia as a "foreign agent".