In Voronezh, the sentence against the pogromists of the Jewish cemetery came into force

entered into force. At the end of July 2007, in Voronezh, the verdict of the Leninsky District Court against 19-year-old Roman Aristov and 20-year-old Andrei Bobkov, convicted of pogroms at a Jewish cemetery in September 2006 and March 4, 2007,

We don't know exactly when the verdict was delivered. Both convicts were sentenced under Part 2 of Art. 244 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (desecration of the bodies of the dead and their burial places based on national, racial, religious hatred or enmity). R. Aristov - to 2 years of suspended imprisonment, A. Bobkov, taking into account the previous conviction, was sentenced to a real term of imprisonment - 2 years 1 month to be served in a colony-settlement.

Sources

• The verdict of the Leninsky District Court of Voronezh against those convicted of pogroms of tombstones at the Jewish cemetery entered into force // Official website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Voronezh Region. 2007. July 25.