The Kalininsky District Court of the Saratov Region sentenced Rashkin to three years of probation with a two-year probationary period and a two-year ban on hunting.

“I consider the decision of the court unfair… We, together with lawyers, appealed against this decision of the court in the appellate instance,” RIA Novosti quotes Rashkin.

State prosecutor Alexei Ivanov called Rashkin's verdict fair.