A military court in Siberia sentenced Uvarov to five years in a penal colony on charges of ‘training for terrorist activities’, rights lawyer Pavel Chikov said on Telegram. — Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash
MOSCOW: Russia on Feb 10 sentenced a teenager to five years in prison for allegedly planning to blow up a virtual building of the FSB security service created in the computer game Minecraft.
The ruling falls into a broader pattern under President Vladimir Putin in which young Russians are put behind bars on controversial and preemptive terrorism charges.
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