“The Moscow prosecutor’s office has approved the indictment in the criminal case against Roman Shirokov.

He is accused of committing a crime under paragraph "a" of Part 2 of Art.

115 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Deliberate infliction of minor harm to health, which caused a short-term health disorder, committed from hooligan motives").

The case will be sent to the court for consideration on the merits, "RIA Novosti quotes the head of the press service of the Moscow prosecutor's office Lyudmila Nefedova.

The maximum sanction under this article is two years in prison. 

Earlier it was reported how the criminal case of Shirokov is progressing.