MOSCOW, June 20 – RAPSI. The Moscow City Court sentenced student Denis Voloshin to 7.5 years in prison for committing murder on grounds of national hatred.

He will serve sentence at a standard penal colony. Besides, Voloshin was placed on one year supervised release.

Voloshin and two unidentified individuals attacked two people of non-Slavic appearance and stabbed them at least five times in a Moscow park a year ago.

One victim died and the other managed to escape.

Earlier, the prosecutor asked the court to declare Voloshin guilty of murder and sentence him to 7.5 years in prison.

At the time of the crime, Voloshin was a minor. Thus, he cannot be sentenced to over 10 years.