Justifying the attack on police officers in Makhachkala formed the basis of the verdict in the terrorism case.
Resident of the Zaporizhzhia region Vyacheslav Nikiforenko was sentenced by a military court in Rostov-on-Don to 15 years in prison for publications on social media related to discrediting the army, as well as calls for terrorism and extremism and propaganda of a terrorist movement. One of the charges is justifying the attack on police officers on May 5, 2025, in Makhachkala.