Man gets life in prison in Russia for a car bomb that injured writer

Alexander Permyakov was sentenced to life in prison (AP)

A Russian court has sentenced a man to life in prison after he was convicted over a car bombing that seriously injured nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin.

Prilepin, a vehement defender of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, was injured in the May 2023 bombing in the Nizhny Novgorod region. His driver was killed.