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Alexei Melnikov was sentenced to seven years in prison for calls to terrorism and incitement to hatred, based on his social media posts and comments. The posts justified terrorism and contained calls for extremist activity against law enforcement officers and the Putin regime.
Sentence Length
7 years
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