"I took the situation lightly." A Tambov resident was fined 30 rubles for failing to report his acquaintance.

Last June Kirill Shvetsov met Artem Skakalin, who in an online correspondence informed him of his desire to fight for Ukraine and join the Freedom of Russia* legion.

In July Skakalina detained FSB officers near the Russian-Ukrainian border in Bryansk region, and then sentenced to seven years in a maximum security penal colony for attempted participation in an armed group on the territory of a foreign state.

How to сообщает The Telegram channel "Tverdy Znak Tambov" also found Kirill Shvetsov guilty. The court fined him 30 rubles under Article 205.6 of the Criminal Code: failure to report a planned crime to authorities.

A video also appeared online showing Shvetsov repenting for his actions.

“I didn’t attach much importance to this, I treated the situation lightly, and I completely regret what I did,” he says.

• In March 2023, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized the Freedom of Russia Legion as a terrorist organization, whose activities are prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation.