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| Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld Strelkov's sentence for calls to extremism |
| 2024-11-07 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has upheld the sentence of Igor Girkin (pseudonym Strelkov ) in the case of public calls for extremism, the court ruling says. This decision was made after considering the cassation appeal of the convicted man’s lawyers. “The cassation appeal will be dismissed,” the members of the panel of judges noted. The court session was held on November 6 behind closed doors. Journalists were allowed to attend the reading of the operative part of the decision. As reported by Regnum News Agency, Girkin was arrested in July 2023. In January 2024, the Moscow City Court sentenced him to four years in a general regime penal colony in January. The court ruling stated that Girkin called for extremist activity through the Internet. At the end of May, the Court of Appeal upheld Girkin's sentence. The defense called the sentence unfounded and illegal. The prosecution insisted that the sentence should remain unchanged. In mid-July, it became known that Girkin had been transferred to the IK-5 penal colony in Kirovo-Chepetsk. Former security officials serve their sentences in this facility. From May to August 2014, Girkin commanded the Armed Forces of the Donetsk People's Republic. In May 2014, he was appointed Minister of Defense of the DPR. In August of the same year, Girkin was dismissed. |
| Posted by:badanov |