Prisyazhnyuk's conviction for a 20-year-old murder sparked a debate on social media about the investigation's lack of objectivity.

The investigation into the case of former St. Petersburg nationalist Kirill Prisyazhnyuk may be biased due to its age, and pressure from security forces may be exerted, Facebook* users noted, commenting on Prisyazhnyuk's detention in Makhachkala.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on June 1, it was reported that Kirill Prisyazhnyuk, a former member of a nationalist group who converted to Islam, was arrested for the murder of a woman in 2006.

The accusation against Kirill Prisyazhnyuk of a murder committed more than twenty years ago sparked a lively debate among Caucasian Knot readers on Facebook*. Commentators debated the veracity of the charges and what the punishment should be if his guilt is proven.

Some commentators doubted that the case had been investigated objectively after two decades.

"Knowing how cases are fabricated here, especially serious ones that are 20 years old, I highly doubt it," noted Rasul Ismailov.

"Well, it's not a fact that the confessions weren't voluntary or coerced. It's strange how they solved the crime so suddenly," said Zargan Nasukhanova.

"Something doesn't add up," wrote Amir Tokayev.

Some users stated that the crime should be punished regardless of religion or beliefs. The accused.

"Regardless of nationality or religion, the murderer must be punished," wrote Dima Dim.

"Everything is correct. If he committed a crime, he should go to jail," declared Emin Babayev.

A separate group of commentators demanded the harshest possible punishment.

"Shoot him!" - stated Vasilis Vasiliadis.

"Only the death penalty, life imprisonment. Let him sit and read the Quran for the rest of his life, atoning for his sin," said Alizhon Aripov.

Part of the discussion was devoted to whether religious conversion can change a person.

"The man was on the wrong path," noted Tbb Beslan.

"May Allah accept his repentance and grant him patience. Allah is merciful and merciful," said Bakhrom Arifov.

Some users believed that converting to Islam does not negate the severity of the crime.

"If he confessed to the crime, then he "He committed it," wrote Kurman Kipkeev.

"He committed a crime, let him answer to the full extent of the law," noted Ulugbek Sattarov.

Attacks on people from the Caucasus have been recorded for a long time.

It should be noted that attacks by members of nationalist groups on people from the Caucasus have been recorded for a long time. In February 2005, a Saratov court sentenced a group of skinheads for the murder of an ethnic Avar, which was deemed racially motivated.

In 2007, in Moscow, a group of skinheads from the network of Artur Ryno and Pavel Skachevsky was found guilty of murders and racially motivated attacks, including against people from the Caucasus.

On July 27, 2022, it became known that the Mytishchi City Court sentenced nationalist Maxim Aristarkhov, an associate of Maxim Martsinkevich, known by the pseudonym "Tesak," to 16 years in a maximum-security penal colony. Aristarkhov was found guilty of the murder of two people by a group motivated by ethnic hatred. The investigation was able to identify only one of the victims: Shamil Odamanov, a native of Dagestan.

On the night of June 13, 2020, Timur Gavrilov, a medical student of Azerbaijani descent, was murdered in Volgograd. He suffered approximately 20 stab wounds. Vitaly Vasiliev, a 22-year-old Volgograd resident, was arrested in connection with the case. He later pleaded guilty.

* Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) is banned in Russia.