Ukrainian woman sentenced in absentia to 7 years for attacking Russian embassy in Kiev in 2016

Moscow City Court has passed a sentence in absentia on the internationally wanted 40-year-old citizen of Ukraine Irma Krat, who committed an attack on the Russian Embassy in Kiev in March 2016. About it on January 28 reported in the press service of the capital Prosecutor's office.

"Taking into account the position of the state prosecutor of the Prosecutor's office of Moscow, the court sentenced Krat to 7 years of imprisonment with serving the sentence in a penal colony of general regime," - stated in the Telegram-channel.

The defendant was found guilty under part 2 of article 360 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Attack on the official premises of persons enjoying international protection, committed for the purpose of complicating international relations").

On March 10, 2016, together with two accomplices, Krat set fire to wicks on homemade incendiary devices. Subsequently, in order to demonstrate a subjective negative attitude towards the Russian Federation, the defendants threw four devices at the building of the Russian embassy in Kiev. The impact of the impact ignited them.

Earlier in the day, the Swedish broadcaster SVT reported on the attempt of a 45-year-old man to enter the territory of the Russian Embassy in Stockholm. He was arrested, he could not get into the territory of the diplomatic mission.

After the Embassy reported that the gate of the diplomatic mission in Stockholm tried to ram the gates of the Ukrainian citizen living in Sweden. It is specified that he has already attacked the Embassy and trade mission of the Russian Federation in the country in 2015 and 2018. It is noted that the diplomatic mission has repeatedly pointed out the potential danger posed by the man, but the Swedish side has not taken serious measures.