Russian soldier who served in Syria blows up army unit

In Irkutsk, a army courtroom sentenced former contract soldier Alexander Novikov to 5 years for hooliganism and unlawful arms trafficking. Novikov was awarded a medal for his participation in battles in Syria. Upon his return to Russia, he blew up his regiment’s headquarters. The person was present process contractual service in a separate blended aviation regiment. On Could 24, 2018, whereas staying on responsibility within the canteen, he discovered there a canvas bag with an explosive system with TNT and hexogen. The explosive was equal to 1.three kilograms of TNT. On Could 25, at about three:00 a.m., Novikov took the bomb to the regiment constructing, put it on the porch, set fireplace to the fuse and ran away.The explosion prompted critical injury to the constructing. An assistant responsibility officer suffered a number of accidents, together with within the space of his head, neck and arms.On Could 27, Alexander Novikov made a full confession and stated that he took the bomb bundle for a coaching one and wished to play a joke. Later, he defined his actions by his want to attract the eye of the long-range aviation command to the issues of the unit. It was not specified what sort of issues the person was speaking about. Shortly earlier than the trial, Novikov refused to admit and acknowledged that he had incriminated himself below stress from FSB officers who allegedly wished to place him to trial for terrorism.