“The final punishment imposed was three years and six months of imprisonment to be served in a general regime correctional colony,” judge Ruslan Dandaev announced the decision, as quoted by TASS.

On May 20, 2023, investigators opened a criminal case for insulting the feelings of believers due to the burning of the Koran in Volgograd.

The detainee filmed the burning of the holy book.

During interrogation, he admitted that he acted on the instructions of the Ukrainian intelligence services for a reward of 10 thousand rubles.

The Investigative Committee transferred the case to the investigative department of the Investigative Committee for Chechnya.