reports. Stone's lawyer reportedly asked for an acquittal and there are plans to appeal the sentence.
A few months after Russian officials placed him on a wanted list and started a criminal investigation, a Moscow courtfor Stone on several terrorism-related charges in February. It cited Stone's alleged"promotion of terrorist activities, public calls for terrorist activities, public justification of terrorism or propaganda of terrorism and public calls for extremist activities."
The measure follows Russia's investigative committee opening a probe into Meta in March 2022. It claimed that Stone had incited extremist activity after lifting"a ban on calls for violence against the Russian military on its platforms.
In any case, it seems unlikely that Stone will actually spend time behind bars in Russia, unless he were to travel there or to a country that has an extradition treaty with the nation. It's not uncommon for a person to be