MOSCOW, September 19 (RAPSI, Lyudmila Klenko) – Prosecution  on Monday asked Moscow’s Presnensky District Court to sentence famous Russian blogger Anton Nosik, who stands charged with extremism, to two years in prison, RAPSI learnt in the court.

As previously reported, a criminal case against Nosik was opened after he had posted an article called “To wipe Syria off the map” on the Internet. The blogger pleads not guilty insisting that the distributed information is his private opinion.

If convicted, Nosik could face a fine, or corrective labor of up to one year, or imprisonment of up to two years. Currently, the blogger is under travel restrictions.

Nosik is a popular Russian blogger and startup manager. He earlier acted as an editor in various outstanding news online media outlets, a manager of Rambler search engine and blog office of Russian media company SUP which owns LiveJournal social networking service.