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Posted on February 3, 2025
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Russia's Supreme Court denied Igor Girkin's appeal against his four-year sentence for inciting extremism. Girkin, a critic of Putin, is now in a Kirovo-Chepetsk colony.
(Reuters) - Russia's Supreme Court refused to consider supervisory appeal of prominent nationalist and former militia commander Igor Girkin against his four-year jail term, TASS agency reported early on Monday.
Girkin accused President Vladimir Putin and the army of failures in the war in Ukraine and was convicted a year ago of inciting extremism, a charge he denied.
"The panel of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation decided to refuse to consider Igor Strelkov's supervisory appeal," TASS cited the court as saying.
Girkin, who used the nom de guerre Igor Strelkov when he was a separatist commander in east Ukraine a decade ago, has filed several unsuccessful appeals against his sentence.
A supervisory appeal in Russia's judiciary system is an appeal to the Supreme Court against a ruling or a court decision that has already entered into legal force, according to information provided on websites of Russian courts.
TASS, citing Girkin's partner, reported that Girkin has been transferred to a colony in Kirovo-Chepetsk, in the Kirov region in central Russia, where former law enforcement officers are held.
(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Stephen Coates)
Igor Girkin was convicted of inciting extremism, a charge he has denied.
Girkin accused President Vladimir Putin and the army of failures in the war in Ukraine.
Girkin has been transferred to a colony in Kirovo-Chepetsk, in the Kirov region of central Russia.
A supervisory appeal is an appeal to the Supreme Court against a ruling or a court decision that has already entered into legal force.
Girkin has filed several unsuccessful appeals against his four-year jail sentence.
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