Russian state prosecutors requested a nearly eight-year prison sentence for singer Eduard Sharlot on charges of justifying Nazism and insulting religious feelings, the Interfax news agencyreportedFriday.Sharlot was arrested last year after returning to Russia from Armenia, where he had posted videos of himself burning his passport and nailing Patriarch Kirills portrait to a cross in opposition to Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine.He latersent a letter to Russias Orthodox Church leader seeking repentance and vowed to devote his career to patriotism.The singer also issued an apology to Patriarch Kirill and President Vladimir Putin, as well as to other Kremlin-aligned figures, during a court appearance.Sharlot claimed to have been dazed by American propaganda when deciding to burn his passport on camera, telling a judge earlier this year that he had been alost man.Prosecutors on Friday asked a judge to sentence him to seven years and five months at a medium-security prison, as well as impose a fine of around 300,000 rubles ($2,913).The human rights group Memorial has designated Sharlot as a political prisoner.Russias state financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring added the singer to its list of terrorists and extremists in July, allowing authorities to freeze his bank accounts with a court order.