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Bugayev Mikhail Dmitriyevich

Date of birth: March 1, 2004 (22 years old)
City of residence: Saint Petersburg
Article of the Criminal Code:  205 ч. 2 para. «а»
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  March 25, 2024
Sentence:  13 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 2 года в тюрьме, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  March 21, 2025
Current location:  unknown

On the night of March 25, 2024, 20-year-old Mikhail Bugayev, along with his friend, school student Taras Gagulin, attempted to set fire to a railway radiator cabinet, which only burned on the outside. The young men were arrested that same day. Investigators claimed they acted in collusion with Ukrainian intelligence services for the promised reward of 20,000 rubles. The court found Bugayev guilty of a terrorist attack committed by a group of individuals acting in concert and sentenced him to 13 years in a maximum-security penal colony.