The court sentenced the attacker of Nikolai Lyaskin to correctional labor

The World Court for the Meshchansky District of Moscow sentenced to 11 months of corrective labor Alexei Shcherbakov, who attacked the former coordinator of the Moscow headquarters of Alexei Navalny Nikolai Lyaskin with a metal pipe. It is reported by Mediazona.

Shcherbakov was found guilty under Article 116 of the Criminal Code (beatings). The defendant pleaded guilty, but during interrogation in court he stated that the attack was staged at the request of Lyaskin himself. Lyaskin, on the other hand, believes that the customer of the crime wanted to cripple him or kill him. Lyaskin's lawyer Vladimir Voronin requested a real term for the attacker. Lyaskin intends to appeal the verdict.

• Nikolai Lyaskin was attacked on September 15, 2017 - he was hit on the head with a metal pipe wrapped in newspaper. As a result of the attack, the former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters received a concussion and a closed craniocerebral injury.
• After the attack, the Interior Ministry opened a criminal case under Article 213 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism). Later, the charge was reclassified to a softer article 116 of the Criminal Code (beatings).
• Shcherbakov stated that he received an order from Lyaskin to stage an attack for a reward of 150 thousand rubles. The defendant emphasized that he had no intention of killing or seriously injuring the coordinator.