INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
the state-run news agency TASSreported Tuesday.Nikita Zhuravel, 20, was detained in May on suspicion of publicly burning a Quran in the
southern region of Volgograd.Local authorities granted a request by Chechen law enforcement to have Zhuravel stand trial in the North
capital of Grozny is scheduled to hand out the verdict against Zhuravel on Feb
27.Prosecutors asked the court to sentence Zhuravel to three years and six months in a medium-security prison, according to a
spokesperson.The 20-year-old pleaded guilty to the charges of offending religious believers butdenied that he sought to disturb public
not opened an investigation into the beating and the Kremlin has declined to comment on the video.
