A court in main Russias Samara area sentenced singer Eduard Sharlot to 5 and a half years in prison for fixing up nazism and insulting religious sensations, state media reported Friday.The last sentence is 5 years and six months, to be served in a penal nest, the judge presiding over the vocalists case was priced estimate as stating by TASS.
Sharlot was also prohibited from administering sites for four years.His attorneys said they plan to appeal the sentencing.Sharlot was arrested in 2015 after returning to Russia from Armenia, where he had posted videos of himself burning his passport and nailing Patriarch Kirills picture to a cross in opposition to Russias major invasion of Ukraine.He later on sent a letter to Russias Orthodox Church leader looking for repentance and swore to commit his career to patriotism.
The singer likewise released an apology to Patriarch Kirill and President Vladimir Putin, in addition to other Kremlin-aligned figures, throughout a court appearance.Sharlot declared to have been dazed by American propaganda when deciding to burn his passport on video camera, telling a judge previously this year that he had been a lost man.Prosecutors recently asked a judge to sentence him to 7 years and 5 months at a medium-security jail, in addition to enforce a fine of around 300,000 rubles ($2,913).
Russias state financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring included the singer to its list of terrorists and extremists in July, permitting authorities to freeze his checking account with a court order.The human rights group Memorial has designated Sharlot as a political detainee.