Pavel Grib. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"

22 March 2019, 12:46

Ukrainian Pavel Grib, accused of terrorism, sentenced to six years in prison

The court has found Pavel Grib, a citizen of Ukraine, guilty of inciting his female acquaintance to commit a terror act in a Sochi school.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on March 20, the prosecutor demanded to sentence Grib to six years in prison; while the defence asked to acquit him. Pavel himself reminded about torture during detention and denied all the charges.

Pavel Grib was accused of inciting a female resident of Krasnodar Territory to commit a terror act. According to investigators, he persuaded her to detonate a bomb in a Sochi school. His defence claimed that the case file contains only a file with some correspondence translated into Russian, but has no screenshots of the correspondence as such. Pavel Grib stated other people had access to his account.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on March 22, 2019 at 11:26 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Konstantin Volgin Source: CK correspondent

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