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14-Year-Old Sentenced Amid Controversy Over Ethnic Bias

9/30/2025

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The Moscow court sentenced 14-year-old Muslim Mudiev to nearly two years in a penal colony for attacking passersby.
Prosecutors sought a two-year sentence for Mudiev on hooliganism charges.
Four other defendants were sentenced to one year to 3.5 years.
Kadyrov criticized Bastrykin and Kolokoltsev, vowed Mudiev's release, and cited mistreatment of ethnic minorities and migrants from former Soviet republics.

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The Moscow court sentenced 14-year-old Muslim Mudiev to nearly two years in a penal colony for attacking passersby.
Prosecutors sought a two-year sentence for Mudiev on hooliganism charges.
Four other defendants were sentenced to one year to 3.5 years.
Kadyrov criticized Bastrykin and Kolokoltsev, vowed Mudiev's release, and cited mistreatment of ethnic minorities and migrants from former Soviet republics.