Who is Matvey from Navapolatsk, sentenced to 25 years in Russia for preparing a terrorist attack
25-year-old Matvey Kitov was accused of collaborating with Ukrainian special services and attempting to blow up a military enlistment office in Novorossiysk.
Matvey Kitov was born on February 13, 2000, in Novapolatsk. In his hometown, he graduated from a polytechnic college.
In 2023, Kitov went to work in Russia. Judging by phone books and registrations, the guy worked there as an administrator, a delivery courier, and a manager.
Messages in Telegram chats show that Matvey was fond of gambling. He constantly wrote in the chats of the online bookmaker 1win, where he discussed topping up his balance via cards, ways to play off bonuses, slot machine outcomes, and also spent time in computer clubs and was interested in crypto projects.
According to the Russian investigation, in December 2024, in Krasnodar, the Belarusian agreed via internet messengers to cooperate with a Ukrainian special service. He was allegedly tasked with gathering information about servicemen and ships of the Black Sea Fleet, and at the end of February 2025, he was instructed to blow up a recruitment point for contract service in Novorossiysk with an improvised explosive device. Kitov took a package containing 2.5 kilograms of explosives from a hideout and moved it to another hiding place, after which he was apprehended by Russian security forces.
In court, the Belarusian fully admitted his guilt and stated that he allegedly managed to receive $805 from the handler for completing this task.
As a result, the Russian court sentenced the young man to a staggering term: 25 years of imprisonment (the first five years of which are to be spent in prison, and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony).
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