A Moscow court has sentenced a participant in a terrorist RDK to 19 years in a penal colony.

The Moscow City Court sentenced a member of the Russian Volunteer Corps organization (RDK, an organization recognized as terrorist and banned in Russia) to 19 years in prison. This was announced on January 13 by the Moscow Prosecutor's office.

"Taking into account the position of the prosecutor's office, a member of a terrorist organization has been sentenced to 19 years in prison with the first five years served in prison, and the remainder of the sentence in a high—security penal colony," the Telegram channel said.

It was established that from August 2022 to February 2024, through personal acquaintance with the leader of the RDK, he joined this illegal armed group. Sakania was involved in the screening, selection and recruitment of candidates for participation in the activities of the banned organization, and also led the filtration point, making independent decisions on the sorting of future militants.

According to the investigation, 30-year-old Alexander Sakania was found guilty under four articles of the Criminal Code, including participation in a terrorist organization and assistance to terrorist activities.

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Earlier, on January 2, it was reported that Denis Kapustin, the founder of the RDK (listed in the Russian Federation as an extremist and terrorist), who had previously been sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia, was put on the wanted list. On December 27, the organization reported that Kapustin had been eliminated in the Zaporozhye area, but later the Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) of Ukraine reported that the death of the founder of the RDK was staged.

Earlier, on November 14, the court sentenced Kapustin and actor Kirill Kanakhin to life imprisonment in absentia. It was noted that Kapustin also has to pay 2.5 million rubles fine. In addition, he is banned from website administration for four years. The convicted person will first have to spend eight years in a penal colony, and then be under a special regime.

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