# Russian man sentenced to 12 years for online harassment that drove schoolgirl to attempt suicide

https://mins.news/en/item/57559

- Meduza, 2026-09-14 11:20 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/14/russian-man-sentenced-to-12-years-for-online-harassment-that-drove-schoolgirl-to-attempt-suicide

> The Novgorod District Court sentenced 21-year-old Mikhail Shalimov to 12 years in prison after finding that months of online harassment, threats, and fake reports drove a 16-year-old schoolgirl from Ufa to attempt suicide. He was also convicted of organizing knowingly false reports of terrorist attacks.