The court recognized Strelkov's sentence as legal

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MOSCOW, May 29. The first appellate court of general jurisdiction recognized the 4-year sentence of former DPR Defense Minister Igor Strelkov (Girkin) as legal ) in the case of public calls for extremism, the court reported.
“The verdict was left unchanged, the appeals were not satisfied,” the court said.

Thus Thus, today the sentence came into force and is subject to execution in the near future.

The defense appealed the verdict. The meeting, like the hearing of the case in the court of first instance, was held behind closed doors.
At the end of January, the Moscow City Court sentenced Strelkov to 4 years in a general regime colony and banned him from administering websites for 3 years.
Strelkov was charged with public calls for extremist activities on the Internet due to two posts on Telegram; he pleaded not guilty. He was detained on July 21, 2023, and arrested on the same day.
Igor Ivanovich Strelkov (real name — Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin) is a former FSB officer, served as Minister of Defense of the DPR. Recently known as a blogger and publicist.