Yesterday, May 23, Judge Oleg Shishov of the 2nd Western District Military Court, during an off-site session at the Ryazan Garrison Military Court, sentenced 37-year-old Ruslan Siddiqui to 29 years in a high-security penal colony, as reported by a Mediazona correspondent from the courtroom. Siddiqui will serve the first 9 years in prison, after which he will be transferred to a strict-regime colony. The total sentence was the result of cumulative charges under five articles of the Criminal Code. Siddiqui was also fined 2 million rubles (21500 euros).