The Court of the Russian Federation sentenced Nikita of the crane, who burned in 2023 a sacred Koran near the Cathedral Mosque in the city of Volgograd, to 14 years in prison.
The Volgograd Regional Court announced the verdict previously convicted by Nikita Zhuravl. The crane received a total of 14 years of strict regime by partial addition of punishments.
“The court found that in the period from March to May 2023, Nikita Zhuravel, who was disagreeing with the political course of the Russian Federation and the” special military operation “conducted by the Armed Forces of Russia, entering into a correspondence with the representative of the special services of Ukraine through the Internet telecommunications network” “, carried out the tasks of the curator controlled by the SBU directed against the security of the Russian Federation, thereby committed state treason,” the united press service of the courts of the Volgograd region said.
The message notes that during the meeting, the crane pleaded guilty.
“, by the totality of crimes, he was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 14 years with serving a maximum security penal colony, followed by restriction of freedom for a period of 1 year. The sentence has not entered into legal force and may be appealed,” the said in, “the said in message.
The crane was detained in May 2023 in Volgograd for burning the Qur’an. The criminal case was transferred for investigation in the SCR of the SK in the Chechen Republic. In February, the Grozny District Court sentenced the crane to 3.5 years in a colony for insulting the feelings of believers “in places intended for worship and holding religious rites.