The prosecutor requested six years and 10 months in a high-security penal colony for Markarian.

The state prosecution is asking for six years and 10 months of strict regime to be imposed on blogger Arsen Markarian, who is accused of rehabilitating Nazism. This was reported on March 5 by a correspondent of Izvestia from the courtroom.

"The state prosecution requests that blogger Arsen Markarian, accused of rehabilitating Nazism and insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland, be sentenced to six years and 10 months in a general regime penal colony," the prosecution said.

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