The FSIN has denied information about Nikita Zhuravel's disappearance without a trace.

Reports of Nikita Zhuravel's "disappearance without a trace" are not true. This was announced on March 26 by the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN).

"The information disseminated in the media and on the Internet that the convict N. Zhuravel has "disappeared without a trace" does not correspond to reality," TASS quoted the message as saying.

It is specified that the defendant continues to serve his sentence in one of the institutions of the penal system.

In May 2023, in Volgograd, Zhuravel burned the Koran near the Cathedral Mosque on the instructions of the Ukrainian special services. After that, the investigators opened a criminal case on insulting the feelings of believers (Part 2 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The case was transferred for investigation to the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic. Later, the man was taken to the Grozny pre-trial detention center.

On February 27, 2024, a court in Grozny sentenced Nikita Zhuravel, who burned the Koran, to 3.5 years in prison in a general regime colony. The victims in the case were 13 imams of Grozny mosques. On the same day, Zhuravel himself declared that he deserved the sentence. He also apologized for his actions to those who profess Islam.

Later, in October 2024, the prosecutor's office of the Volgograd region approved the indictment in the criminal case against Zhuravel, he is accused of treason.

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