Lawyer Dmitry Talantov was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Also to him banned He administered the website for four years. The criminal case for disseminating "fake news" and "inciting hatred" stemmed from Facebook posts about Russian military actions in Mariupol, Irpen, and Bucha.
The sentence was handed down by Judge Denis Metelagin of the Zavyalovsky District Court in Udmurtia.
In his final remarks, Talantov spoke of love, of peace, of what awaits him every evening on Vladimir Solovyov's program to learn that the war is over:
"Moved by some form of compassion, some pressing need, a person commits an act. Sometimes it's a perfectly human act, but the price for that act falls to someone else. To someone who loves that person. Therefore, in my final words, I address my wife. Olga, forgive me. I love you. If I'm feeling emotionally overwhelmed, I'll say this: Olya, if you ever get sent to prison for 12 years for something, I'll be waiting for you. Don't be upset."
Talantov is also known as one of the defense attorneys for journalist Ivan Safronov, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for treason. Safronov, 63, spent the last two years in prison.