The sentence for a racist attack in Moscow came into force
On June 28, 2010, the verdict against 22-year-old Sergei Zhikharev and 20-year-old Victoria Petukhova, which was handed down to them by the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow on January 28, 2010, came into force. The young people were in the dock for a racist attack on two women, natives of Kazakhstan, committed in March 2009. The court sentenced S. Zhikharev to 7 years in prison, and V. Petukhova to 8 years, qualifying their actions under Part 3, Art.