Balashov · court · suspect (балашов · суд · фигурант)
The Second Western District Military Court found 12 defendants in the case of an attempted assassination of Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of RT television channel, guilty and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from six to 20 years. This was reported by Interfax on Friday.
Consensus
- Twelve individuals were convicted in connection with an attempted assassination of Margarita Simonyan
- The case involved a terrorist cell named 'Clean Blood' formed by Mikhail Balashov
- Mikhail Balashov was sentenced to 20 years in prison, with the first four years in regular prison and the rest in strict regime colony
- The group planned to kill Simonyan for financial reward
- Participants were involved in various crimes including terrorism, hooliganism, robbery, and incitement of hatred
Points of divergence
- Mikhail Balashov was sentenced to 25 years in prison — vedomosti
- The group created a cell called 'Clean Blood' and recruited members over the course of one year — vesti
- Mikhail Balashov was sentenced to 20 years with a fine of 800,000 rubles — interfax
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