Russian man jailed for 14 years for taking pictures of graves

The man was convicted of high treason (Picture: Andrey Borodulin / AFP via Getty Images)

A man has been jailed for 14 years in a maximum-security prison for taking pictures of gravestones.

Nikolai Shcherbakov, 48, was found guilty of high treason by a Russian court last month, the country’s independent news outlet Mediazona reported.

According to Russian law enforcement, Shcherbakov, from Yaroslavl – around 280km northeast of Moscow – had been ‘systematically’ visiting a cemetery and snapp...