# Russian rail enthusiasts face security-service scrutiny amid war

https://mins.news/en/item/132585

- Meduza, 2026-11-06 15:02 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/11/06/russia-s-trainspotters-have-spent-years-documenting-the-country-s-railways-amid-the-war-their-hobby-has-put-them-in-the-crosshairs-of-the-security-services

> A Moscow court ordered the arrest of RailGallery administrators Denis Eskov and Anatoly Nagornov on October 14. Investigators accuse them of unlawfully accessing and publishing data, but have not identified it; they face five to ten years in prison. An anonymous Telegram channel links the case to their alleged use of a Russian Railways system to track locomotives.