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In August 2025, at the Arteushka station in the Trans-Baikal Territory, the railway track under passenger train No. 10 Moscow-Vladivostok was blown up. The explosive device was planted by local resident Ekaterina Malovechkina, who, according to investigators, acted on the instructions of the Ukrainian Legion “Freedom of Russia,” recognized as a terrorist organization in the Russian Federation.
A resident of the Trans-Baikal Territory, Ekaterina Malovechkina, was found guilty of blowing up a train on August 24, 2025 on the instructions of the Ukrainian paramilitary association “Legion “Freedom of Russia”” (the organization is recognized as terrorist in the Russian Federation and is banned), she was sentenced to 24 years in prison. Lenta.ru was informed about this by the press service of the 2nd Eastern District Military Court.
The sabotage occurred at the Arteushka station in the Mogochinsky district. The locomotive of passenger train No. 10, traveling from Moscow to Vladivostok, lost one wheel pair. No one was injured as a result of the incident. Train traffic was resumed at about 20:30, the train was delayed for 3 hours 57 minutes, the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office reported then.
Malovechkina was found guilty of high treason, participation in the activities of a terrorist organization, sabotage, and illegal trafficking in explosive devices. The court found that she joined the Ukrainian Legion at the beginning of 2025 to participate in anti-Russian activities. For six months, the woman posted anti-government leaflets in Krasnokamensk, then, on the instructions of her curator, she was trained to carry out a train bombing.
Having received funds in cryptocurrency from the customer, Malovechkina purchased components and manufactured two bombs with an average weight of 5 kg of TNT. After reconnaissance on the ground, she selected a place for sabotage and blowing up the railway track. On August 24, 2025, Malovechkina planted a homemade explosive device in a hole she dug between the sleepers of the Trans-Baikal Railway track and detonated it as the train passed.
At the trial, she fully admitted her guilt.
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Strengthening control over cryptocurrency transactions in order to prevent the financing of sabotage activities
Likely · Within months
Expanding the list of recognized terrorist organizations associated with Ukrainian paramilitary forces
Possible · Within weeks

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