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.
Meduza · 6 Nov 2026

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.

On October 14, a Moscow court ordered the arrest of Denis Eskov, 35, and Anatoly Nagornov, 40, the administrators of RailGallery, a photo website devoted to railroads. According to investigators, they illegally accessed certain data and published it on RailGallery. What that information was has not been disclosed. Eskov and Nagornov face five to ten years in prison.


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