The victim Turkish Embassy tried to reach the requalification of the charge.
Eight months ago Arthur Mirzoyan shot at the coat of Arms attached to the entrance of the Embassy of Turkey in Moscow as a sign of protest against the denial of the Armenian Genocide. Arthur didn't object against the preventive measures and was in the isolator all the time.
The victim Turkish Embassy tried to reach the requalification of the charge. Mirzoyan is charged for hooliganism on political motives. Turks tried to tighten the charge adding the article of attack on the building with diplomatic immunity.
The court sentenced him to 2 years of imprisonment. If after the appeal the verdict is not changed Arthur Mirzoyan will be released at the end of autumn considering the fact that one day in an isolator is counted as two days in a cell.
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