In Blagoveshchensk, a city resident was convicted of racist murder
On May 7, 2010, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced 23-year-old resident of the city Kirill Arnautov under Part 4 of Art. 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (deliberate infliction of grievous bodily harm, dangerous to human life, committed on the basis of national hatred, negligently resulting in the death of the victim). The court sentenced Arnautov to 8 years in prison to be served in a strict regime correctional colony.