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Russian court hands 25 years to arson plotter accused of Ukraine links
- Ilya Baburin, a software engineer from Novosibirsk, Russia, received a 25-year prison sentence for attempting to set fire to a military recruitment office.
- Baburin was arrested in 2022 for setting fire to a music school and planning to burn the office.
- Despite prosecutors seeking 26 years, the court decided on a 25-year sentence for Baburin.
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Russian jailed for 25 years over army office arson bid
MOSCOW: A Russian court on Monday sentenced a man to 25 years in jail for planning to set fire to a Siberian military enlistment office in 2022, the year Moscow launched its military operation in Ukraine. Rights groups have called jail term against Ilya Baburin a record sentence, and stressed that the arson never happened. Russia saw a wave of arson attacks on army offices
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Total News Sources17
Leaning Left5Leaning Right4Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Left
Bias Distribution
- 42% of the sources lean Left
42% Left
L 42%
C 25%
R 33%
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