A courtroom in Russia has sentenced Ukrainian powerlifting champion Yuliia Lemeshchenko, who holds a Russian passport, to 19 years in jail for alleged involvement in blowing up an influence transmission line and plotting to assassinate a colonel within the Russian Armed Forces.

Supply: Meduza, a Latvia-based Russian media outlet

Particulars: The courtroom in Moscow delivered the decision towards 42-year-old Yuliia Lemeshchenko, accusing her of treason, terrorism coaching, sabotage, and getting ready a terrorist assault.

Meduza says that Yuliia moved from the Russian metropolis of Voronezh to Kharkiv in 2014.

In Ukraine, she took up powerlifting, turning into nationwide champion in 2021.

The prosecution alleged that in October 2024, Yuliia blew up electrical energy pylons close to St Petersburg and later, in Voronezh, monitored Colonel Aleksei Loboda, an airbase commander mentioned to be concerned in bombing Kharkiv.

Throughout the trial, Yuliia didn’t dispute the factual description of occasions, however she didn’t plead responsible. She mentioned she didn’t remorse her actions. The courtroom sentenced her to 19 years in jail.

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