A Krasnoyarsk resident was convicted of setting fire to a deputy’s assistant’s car (video)

The court ruled first verdict in the case of arson in the Krasnoyarsk village of Berezovka the Renault Capture car of the co-chairman of the Popular Front, animal volunteer, environmental activist and assistant to the deputy Marina Yakubenko.

It has been established thatThe crime was carried out on the order of a local resident. He was offended by the woman and decided to teach her a lesson, and called a convicted relative as an executor – a former auto mechanic who approached the task with skill.

“The conflict arose over garbage: a resident of the village was engaged in waste removal, and the deputy’s assistant complained about his work. The man harbored a grudge and decided to burn her car. He was afraid to do it with his own hands, so he turned to his wife’s brother, who just needed money and agreed to “resolve the issue” for 20 thousand rubles,” the prosecutor’s office said.

The contractor prepared thoroughly, but at the start the plan went wrong – on the customer’s advice, for the purpose of secrecy, he bought a push-button phone and a new SIM card, which was not activated at the right time, and he had to call a taxi from his number. On the night of March 5, 2025, an arsonist in camouflage and a balaclava arrived at a woman’s house and placed a five-liter bottle of gasoline on her parked foreign car between the hood and windshield. At first he tried to set fire to a padding polyester found nearby in a trash bin, but it did not catch fire. Then the attacker simply struck a lighter and the car burst into flames.

Marina Yakubenko's car was completely burned down along with her personal belongings. In addition, the fire spread to a car parked nearby; they managed to drive it away, but it was damaged. The total amount of material damage amounted to about 1.5 million rubles.

The court found the arsonist guilty of deliberate destruction of someone else's property (Part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and, taking into account his recent conviction for robbery, sentenced him to 7 years in prison. The person who ordered the arson will be held accountable for the crime separately.

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