Resident of Transbaikalia sentenced to 24 years for treason, terrorism and sabotage

The second Eastern district military court has completed the consideration of the criminal case of 51-year-old resident of Transbaikalia Ekaterina Malovechkina. The woman was found guilty of treason, participation in the activities of a terrorist organization, sabotage, illegal trafficking and manufacture of explosives and other crimes. She was sentenced to 24 years in prison with serving in a general regime colony and a fine of 350 thousand rubles, the press service of the court reports.

It was established that in early 2025, Malovechkina joined the Ukrainian paramilitary association Legion Liberty of Russia (recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation) to assist Ukraine to the detriment of the security of the Russian Federation and its Armed Forces. From March to June 2025, a woman pasted anti-government leaflets in the city of Krasnokamensk. Then, for a monetary reward, she agreed to undergo training in sabotage to undermine the railway infrastructure in Transbaikalia.

In the period from May to August 2025, Malovechkina bought components for creating an improvised explosive device (IED), assembled two IEDs with an estimated charge weight of each on average 5 kg in TNT equivalent. On August 24, 2025, Malovechkina arrived at the previously agreed site of the explosion and laid an IED in the hole she dug between the sleepers of the Trans-Baikal Railway. When the canvas was undermined, two reinforced concrete sleepers were destroyed and a railway car was damaged.

Vlad Nikiforov