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Arthur Kanin was sentenced to four years in prison for calls to extremism and terrorism. The charges stemmed from comments he made in a Telegram chat room of the "Russian Volunteer Corps," including a negative statement about Russians and a call to set fire to military recruitment centers.
Sentence Length
4 years
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