A resident of the Moscow region was sentenced to seven years in prison for calls to terrorism

A resident of the Moscow region was sentenced to seven years in prison for publicly calling for terrorist activities. This was announced on April 18 in the press service of the FSB of Russia in Moscow and the Moscow region.

According to the investigation, 50-year-old Melnikov A. posted images and comments on them on a social network containing signs of justifying terrorism. It is specified that in his publications he also called for the commission of crimes motivated by political hatred or hostility towards law enforcement officers.

A criminal case has been opened against the man under Part 2 of Article 205.2 ("Public calls to carry out terrorist activities, public justification of terrorism or propaganda of terrorism") and paragraph "a" of Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity").

The Second Western District Military Court found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to seven years in prison to serve his sentence in a general regime penal colony. The man is also prohibited from administering Internet resources for three years.

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