Fevzi Sagandzhi

According to the investigation, "in March 2016 (the exact date is unknown), while on the territory of Ukraine, acting deliberately out of political hostility towards the Russian Federation and the fact of Crimea's incorporation into it, and pursuing goals contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation as outlined in the Constitution, federal constitutional laws, and federal laws of the Russian Federation, he voluntarily arrived at the camp of the illegal armed formation 'Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Nomon Chelebidzhikhan,' located near the village of Chongar." There, he underwent "courses in firearms training, hand-to-hand combat, and mine-explosive training, <...> participated in the construction of fortifications and barriers near the Russian-Ukrainian border," as well as "engaged in chopping firewood, cooking, constructing trenches and fortifications to strengthen the formation." Additionally, "he received monetary and material support and, along with other members of the formation, carried out various tasks and assignments from the battalion's leadership." Moreover, "acting on orders from an unidentified leader of the mentioned illegal armed formation, he was tasked with photographing the bridge under construction connecting the territory of Crimea through the Kerch Strait, and with carrying out other tasks not identified by the investigation, in the interests of this armed formation. He entered the territory of Crimea from Ukraine and proceeded to the place of his registration." Subsequently, "continuing his participation" in the battalion, Sagandzhi "entered the territory of Crimea from Ukraine," where "having had the real opportunity to voluntarily cease his participation in the said illegal armed formation, he deliberately did not contact Russian law enforcement authorities to report this, thereby continuing his criminal activity by participating in it." The court excluded the mention of completing any assignments on the territory of Crimea on orders from the battalion's leadership.