Overview
- The Second Western District Military Court in Moscow handed down a 10-year prison term in absentia.
- The case was brought under Part 2 of Article 205.2 for alleged public justification of terrorism using internet resources.
- According to the Investigative Committee, the prosecution stemmed from remarks made in an interview with a foreign outlet.
- The ruling also imposes a five-year ban on administering websites.
- The 75-year-old was previously sentenced in absentia to 8.5 years for alleged falsehoods about the Russian military, and he is listed as a foreign agent and in the terrorism and extremism registry.