FSB Detains SBU Agent in Krasnodar Region for Gathering Intelligence on Military Sites and Sochi Security

The FSB announced the detention of a 46-year-old Anapa resident, born 1980, on high treason charges for allegedly collecting intelligence for the SBU in the Krasnodar Region 1. According to the FSB press service, the man contacted an SBU handler on his own initiative, agreed to assist in sabotage and terrorist-related activities, and on the handler's instructions gathered and transmitted information on Defense Ministry unit locations, energy infrastructure sites, and radio signal levels in areas of military interest that Ukrainian forces could use for planning missile and air strikes 1. The FSB also stated one SBU tasking sought arrival schedules for government officials and foreign delegations at restricted sites in Sochi, along with security arrangements and air defense positions there 12. Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported the man told investigators he first contacted the SBU in late December via the agency's website and separately passed coordinates for oil storage facilities and a military unit 3. A regional FSB investigative unit opened a criminal case under Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code, and the suspect has been jailed 12.