A resident of Sochi was sentenced to two years in a penal colony for publishing videos.

Sochi resident Anton Shilov was sentenced to two years in a colony-settlement for publishing videos on a social network (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code). about this with reference to the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the Krasnodar Territory. writes Kavkazsky Knot

The investigation believes that from December 2014 to February 2016 Shilov published four extremist videos on his social network page. According to the examination, the videos incited hatred and enmity on ethnic grounds, as well as hatred and enmity towards representatives of state power.

Shilov deleted at least one of the videos after posting.