https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/2...ill-serve-sentence-in-russias-muslim-regions/
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that anyone found guilty of burning the Quran will have to serve their sentence in the Federation’s predominantly Muslim regions.
Putin was quoted by Russia’s TASS news agency yesterday as stating: “They will serve their sentences, as stated by the Minister of Justice, in places of deprivation of liberty located in one of the regions of Russia with a predominantly Muslim population.”…
Putin’s statement comes after Nikita Zhuravel, a resident of the city of Volgograd was detained last month after being suspected of burning a copy of the Quran in front of a mosque. The act, which was recorded, prompted outrage in the country, in particular, the Muslim-majority republic of Chechnya, where thousands protested against desecrating the sacred text. Zhuravel has since been taken to a pre-trial detention centre in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya.
According to the Moscow Times, lawyers and activists have warned that the decision to transfer Zhuravel’s case to Chechen investigators puts him at risk of torture or even death. Russia’s Investigative Committee have claimed that the accused confessed to having acted in exchange for a $125 (10,000 ruble) payment from Ukraine’s intelligence agencies.
Following the incident, Minister of Justice of Russia Konstantin Chuichenko proposed “after the verdict is passed, the person who committed the crime should be sent to serve his sentence in one of the correctional institutions located in the region with a predominantly Muslim population.”…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that anyone found guilty of burning the Quran will have to serve their sentence in the Federation’s predominantly Muslim regions.
Putin was quoted by Russia’s TASS news agency yesterday as stating: “They will serve their sentences, as stated by the Minister of Justice, in places of deprivation of liberty located in one of the regions of Russia with a predominantly Muslim population.”…
Putin’s statement comes after Nikita Zhuravel, a resident of the city of Volgograd was detained last month after being suspected of burning a copy of the Quran in front of a mosque. The act, which was recorded, prompted outrage in the country, in particular, the Muslim-majority republic of Chechnya, where thousands protested against desecrating the sacred text. Zhuravel has since been taken to a pre-trial detention centre in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya.
According to the Moscow Times, lawyers and activists have warned that the decision to transfer Zhuravel’s case to Chechen investigators puts him at risk of torture or even death. Russia’s Investigative Committee have claimed that the accused confessed to having acted in exchange for a $125 (10,000 ruble) payment from Ukraine’s intelligence agencies.
Following the incident, Minister of Justice of Russia Konstantin Chuichenko proposed “after the verdict is passed, the person who committed the crime should be sent to serve his sentence in one of the correctional institutions located in the region with a predominantly Muslim population.”…
