Homophobic murder verdict handed down
Berezhnoy gets 9 years in ahigh-security penal colony. On June 9, 2021, the Basmanny District Court sentencedAnton Berezhnoy to 9 years in a high-security penal colony under Part 4 of Article 111 (intentional infliction of agrave injury which has resulted in the death of the victim by negligence) and Article 116of the Criminal Code (battery). On June 29, 2019, Berezhnoy attacked two young menwith a knife, shouting homophobic slurs. One of the victims,Roman Yedalov, died on the spot.