February 22 Main results of the day

The Military Court of Appeal upheld the sentence of the Second Western District Military Court delivered to the Principal under part 2 of Article 205.2 (public calls for terrorist activities, public justification of terrorism or propaganda of terrorism on the Internet) 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 by the use of violence or with the threat of its use). The military prosecutor, in his appeal, demanded to impose a punishment in the form of real imprisonment for a period of 6 years. But lawyers of the Bureau of Lawyers “De jure” managed to prove that the verdict of the court of first instance on imposing a sentence not related to deprivation of liberty (the court imposed a fine on the Principal) fully corresponds to the gravity of the crime, is fair and not excessively lenient. The interests of the Principal were represented by Lilia Sokirinskaya, lawyer of the Bureau of Lawyers “De jure”.