Russian court hands life sentence to man for bomb attack on Russian nationalist writer, Ifax reports

A military court in Moscow sentenced a man to life in prison on Monday after finding him guilty of attempting to assassinate prominent Russian nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin in a car bombing last year, the Interfax news agency reported. Alexander Permyakov, who holds both Russian and Ukrainian passports according to Russian media, was arrested soon after the attack on May 6, 2023 near the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, about 400 km (250 miles) east of Moscow. Prilepin's legs were broken in the attack and his driver was killed.