The Kuban Prosecutor's Office secured a life sentence for Yegor Semenov.

The appellate court increased the sentence of Yegor Semenov, who was sentenced to 27 years in prison for the attempted poisoning of pilots in Armavir. At the request of the prosecutor's office, the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," in April, a military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Yegor Semenov, a native of Melitopol, to 27 years in prison, finding him guilty under Part 3 of Article 205 (terrorist attack using toxic or dangerous chemical substances) and Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code (high treason). This verdict was appealed by both the defense and the prosecution, which demanded a life sentence for the defendant.

The Military Court of Appeals reviewed the Kuban Prosecutor's Office's motion in the case of Yegor Semenov, the Prosecutor General's Office announced today.

"The appellate court upheld the prosecutor's motion, amended the verdict, and sentenced the convicted man to life imprisonment," according to a publication on the agency's website.

According to investigators, Semenov was recruited by a Ukrainian intelligence officer in early 2023 and then tasked with organizing the murder of graduates of the Armavir Pilot School.

The graduates were celebrating their 20th anniversary of graduation at the restaurant; 77 people were present. Semenov sent them poisoned alcoholic drinks and a cake, disguised as a gift from a graduate who was unable to attend the reunion. The courier couldn't reveal the sender's name, which seemed suspicious to the celebration participants, so they didn't try the cake and reported the incident to the FSB.

Semenov admitted in court that he attempted to carry out a mass poisoning of the college's graduates on orders from the Security Service of Ukraine.