A Russian man was convicted of "public justification of terrorism" through postings on a social networking website, prosecutors in Moscow said Wednesday.Murat Sarbashev from St. Petersburg posted on his web page a video of an Islamist militant, advocating violence against ethic Russians and calling for an independent Islamist state in Russia's North Caucasus region.
After getting negative feedback, Sarbashev responded with an online "public justification of terrorism (and) a statement deeming the ideology and practice of terrorism right and worthy of support and imitation," according to prosecutors.
Sarbashev was sentenced to two years in prison.