The third defendant in the case of preparing an assassination attempt in the head of Crimea was sentenced to 18 years.

The third defendant in the case of preparing an assassination attempt in the head of Crimea was sentenced to 18 years.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Vladimir Ananiev (listed as terrorists and extremists) - the last of three accused of preparing an assassination attempt on the head of the Crimean Peninsula, Sergei Aksenov, the court's press service reported. "Annaev was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 18 years in a maximum security prison colony with the first 4 years of imprisonment, with a fine of 600,000 rubles," the announcement reads.