Russia arrests two men who ran a website for train enthusiasts. Now they face up to 10 years in prison for allegedly compromising ‘critical infrastructure.’
Moscow’s Dorogomilovsky District Court has ordered the arrest of Denis Yeskov and Anatoly Nagornov, administrators of the train photo site RailGallery, the press service of Moscow’s courts reported on October 16.
Moscow's Dorogomilovsky District Court arrested Denis Yeskov and Anatoly Nagornov, administrators of the train photo site RailGallery, on October 16. The pair face up to 10 years in prison for allegedly compromising "critical infrastructure" by accessing and posting trade secrets from a Russian organization's facility on their site.
Yeskov and Nagornov gained unauthorized access to the information and copied it onto their own portal. The Telegram channel "1520. Vse o zh/d" noted RailGallery's inaccessibility on October 15, and the court had already ordered their arrest on October 14. RailGallery launched in 2022 after popular railway photo site TrainPix closed, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The site quickly amassed a large user base and became a valuable resource for railway history and operation. However, the future of RailGallery remains uncertain following the arrests.
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