An Astrakhan resident was convicted of extremism.

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An Astrakhan court sentenced a local resident to eighteen months in a penal colony for publishing calls for extremist activity online.

An Astrakhan resident was found guilty of distributing extremist materials online.

According to investigators, the 24-year-old man, who holds far-right views, published messages on the Telegram messenger calling for extremist activity. These messages targeted a specific group of individuals based on their nationality, origin, and ideology. A criminal case was opened against the man under Part 2 of Article 280 of the Russian Criminal Code, Kommersant reported on December 22.

The court found him guilty and sentenced him to one and a half years in prison, to be served in a penal colony. In addition, he is banned from administering websites for two years.

Previously, "Caucasian Knot" reported that at the end of October, a court in the Astrakhan region sentenced a 30-year-old resident of the city of Kapustin Yar to two years in prison for publishing extremist materials.