MMA Champ Mirzayev sentencing
The Moscow Zamoskvoretsky District Court sentenced mixed martial artist Rasul Mirzayev to two years of restricted freedom after finding him guilty of the death of Muscovite Ivan Agafonov, 19.
Even before the court session commenced, several of the victim’s supporters were arrested.
Presiding Judge Feygin read the sentence for more than two hours.
Agafonov’s father stormed out of the courtroom early on in the pronouncement, but then returned.
The court found that Mirzayev could not be issued a prison sentence as there were many mitigating circumstances.
After the sentence was pronounced, protests against its leniency started up and Mirzayev was released after all necessary legal formalities were finalized.