Ivan Blagodatskikh

Resident of Rostov-on-Don, college student. He was allegedly a member of the Revolutionary Worker's Party. On 3 January 2023, he was detained in a taxi when he was travelling with two other defendants and their acquaintance towards the military recruitment centre. The young men were found to be carrying Molotov cocktails. A case of attempted terrorist attack was opened against all three, and they were taken into custody. Blagodatskikh were also accused of inciting another person to terrorist activity.

It is noteworthy that the investigation believes that the companion of the young men, Veronika Goretskaya, instilled in them the idea of setting fire to the military recruitment centre, helped them to study the location of the military recruitment centre, get a canister of petrol and called a taxi. She wrote a confession of guilt after the arrest and is a witness in the case. Goretskaya had previously helped the security services as a provocateur infiltrating the activist circles.