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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Nikita Zhuravel refuses to appeal his verdict

2024-07-26

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] The deadline for filing an appeal in the case of Nikita Zhuravel has expired, and he did not appeal the verdict, his lawyer said.

As the "Caucasian Knot" reported, Nikita Zhuravel, a Volgograd resident convicted of burning the Koran, remained in the Grozny pretrial detention center after the sentence came into effect, where he is serving his sentence and working in the utility block, the lawyer reported. The Criminal Executive Code provides for such a possibility in "exceptional cases." On February 27, a court in Grozny sentenced Nikita Zhuravel to 3.5 years in prison, finding him guilty of violating the right to religion and hooliganism. The defense then said that it would appeal the sentence.

The appellate court may review Nikita Zhuravel's sentence if it is confirmed that he burned not the Koran, but a translation of the Koran's meanings, but in the case of deliberate insult to the feelings of believers, a change in the sentence is unlikely, experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" indicated. Although the time spent in the pre-trial detention center will be deducted from the sentence, Zhuravel will always be at risk of attack by followers of the religion in the colony, readers of the "Caucasian Knot" noted in the comments.

Were those merely observations,or outright threats?

Earlier, Justice Minister Konstantin Chuychenko proposed sending Zhuravel to a penal colony in a region with a predominance of Muslims after the verdict. On June 13, 2023, Vladimir Putin announced that Zhuravel would serve his sentence in one of the Muslim regions.

Nikita Zhuravel, sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for burning the Koran near a mosque in Volgograd, agreed with the sentence and did not appeal it, TASS reported today, citing a representative of the legal community.

"The sentence [against Zhuravel] has entered into legal force. He is indeed serving his sentence in the Grozny pretrial detention center. The sentence was not appealed, he agreed with the sentence," the agency quoted the lawyer as saying.

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