A Moscow Region resident was sentenced to 17 years in prison for hitting a security officer in Krasnodar.

A court sentenced Sergei Gurin to 17 years in prison, ruling that a deliberate hit-and-run accident involving a police officer in Krasnodar was an act of terrorism.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," Sergei Gurin, accused of committing a terrorist attack for hitting a police officer in Krasnodar, explained his actions by citing his disagreement with the military operation that killed his brother.

Sergey Gurin was sentenced to 17 years in prison. The court found him guilty of a terrorist attack and attempting to steal a police officer's service weapon, RIA Novosti reported today, October 26, citing court documents.

According to court documents, the Southern District Military Court sentenced Gurin to 17 years in prison, with the first five years to be served in a maximum-security penal colony and the remainder to be served in a maximum-security penal colony. The Military Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court's panel for military personnel upheld the verdict, the agency writes.

The defense insisted in the appeal that Gurin's actions were incorrectly classified as a terrorist attack, "since their consequences are not comparable to an explosion or arson," the publication states.

The panel found no grounds for changing the verdict, according to the court's ruling dated October 8.

"The guilt of the convicted Gurin in committing the acts with which he is charged is confirmed by the following evidence: Gurin's testimony, deemed credible by the court, that under the circumstances set out in the verdict, he intentionally ran over a police officer and attempted to seize his service weapon, and his motives for committing the crimes, which stemmed from his disagreement with the decision to conduct a special military operation and his brother's participation in it; testimony "The victim's testimony, consistent in detail with the convicted person's testimony regarding the circumstances of the latter's actions; similar testimony from the victims, who also reported that, after his arrest, Gurin stated that his attack on a police officer in the city center was intentional in order to take revenge on the current authorities for the death of his brother during the SVO, to express his negative attitude toward the SVO, thereby creating a negative public attitude toward the SVO and thereby influencing the decision of state authorities to terminate the SVO," the document, published on the website of the Supreme Court of Russia, states.