RUSSIA’S DARIA TREPOVA GETS 27-YEAR PRISON OVER BLAST THAT KILLED INFLUENTIAL MILITARY BLOGGER

Thu 25 January 2024:

Daria Trepova, a 26-year-old who was found guilty in April of killing ultranationalist pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, was given a 27-year prison sentence by a St. Petersburg court. The incident happened during a talk Tatarsky was giving in a café in St. Petersburg.

Trepova was present at the event on April 2 and gave Tatarsky a statue that was packed with explosives. Tatarsky was killed and 52 other people were injured in the explosion that followed. Trepova admitted to the act of falsifying documents, although she denied knowing that the statue contained explosives.

ST PETERSBURG CAFE BLAST SUSPECT DETAINED FOR KILLING RUSSIAN MILITARY BLOGGER

The maximum sentence of 30 years for terrorist acts, explosives trafficking, and document forgery was taken into consideration by the court.

Trepova admitted guilt only to document forgery, prompting the prosecution’s request for a 19-year term for terrorism, 14 years for trafficking explosives, and three years for document forgery, totaling 28 years. Additional non-custodial restrictions and a fine of 800,000 rubles were proposed.

Daria Trepova’s lawyer, Daniil Berman, challenged the evidence’s sufficiency and called for a re-investigation with revised charges. He suggested the possibility of charging Trepova with invasion of privacy or treason rather than a terrorist attack.

“A terrorist attack is something else altogether,” Berman asserted, emphasising the need for a reconsideration of the charges against his client.

Dmitry Kasintsev, a friend of Trepova implicated in the aftermath, received a sentence of one year and nine months for concealing the crime.

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Despite facing a maximum two-year prison term, Kasintsev argued that he was only guilty of “failure to report a crime,” as his defence sought a full acquittal or a non-custodial sentence.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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