Terrorism in Russia (merged thread)

[davidbfpo]

A strange criminal case in Russia:

On 14 February 2017, a trial against two alleged “terrorists”, Artur Panov and Maksim Smyshlyaev, opened in the North Caucasus District Military Court. The prosecution claimed that before prior to arrest in December 2015, Panov, an underage Ukrainian citizen, planned to organise a series of explosions in Rostov-on-Don and manufactured an explosive device with which to carry them out. Maksim Smyshlyaev, a Russian student, supposedly offered to help him, providing him with advice on the best way to plan and carry out terrorist acts.

Somehow the case has ended up with prosecuting Maksim with:

...a new definition of terrorism — here, it’s the desire to dissuade a terrorist from carrying out any terrorism.

Link:https://www.opendemocracy.net/od-rus...-army-faction?

Artur Panov the aspiring terrorist appears to have mental health issues; now where have we heard that CT investigations have found that too?