A ninth-grader with tuberculosis was sentenced to 4.5 years for throwing a Molotov cocktail at a fence

On August 16, the 1st Eastern District Military Court sentenced Valery Zaitsev to 4.5 years of imprisonment in a correctional colony. The 16-year-old teenager was found guilty of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization and undergoing training in preparation for a terrorist attack. The prosecution requested nine years.

The case against Zaitsev is based on the schoolboy’s correspondence with a secret witness and a video filmed by the same witness, where the teenager throws a Molotov cocktail at the wall of an abandoned building, Mediazona found out.

14-year-old Valera Zaitsev was detained in the children's department of the tuberculosis dispensary in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

Valery's grandmother Irina Zaitseva suggests that the secret witness is either an FSB officer or someone who "works for them."

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