ST. PETERSBURG. Nov 27 (Interfax) - A St. Petersburg court has sentenced a man who put an extremist publication on the Internet while serving a sentence for preparing a terrorist attack in Veliky Novgorod to two years in a high-security penal colony.
Vladimir Timoshenko contacted his acquaintance and asked her to publish from his personal account on Vkontakte in the group "Slavic Force - Nord West Peterburg" a text containing extremist statements and aimed at fanning hatred against a social group, public officials, while he was in prison in late January 2015, the combined press service for St. Petersburg courts said.
"Vladimir Timoshenko did not admit his guilt. The court sentenced him to two years in a high-security penal colony," the press service said.
According to media reports, Timoshenko, a native of Kislovodsk, was convicted in 2009 for preparing a terrorist attack in Veliky Novgorod during the international forum Hanseatic Days of New Time.
The terrorist attack did not take place, as the man was detained by police a week prior to the event. Explosives, weapons, and mountaineering equipment were found in his apartment.
Timoshenko was sentenced to 5.5 years in a high-security colony in 2010.