MOSCOW, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A Russian man who bombed a McDonald's restaurant in St. Petersburg a year ago, injuring six people, was jailed for 15 years on Monday, Russian news agencies reported.
Fyodor Kovalchuk was reported by Russian media to have said during his trial last year that his attack was triggered by Western media criticism of a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he warned of a new Cold War.
Putin made his comments ten days before the restaurant was attacked on Feb. 18, 2008.
McDonald's restaurants have been frequent targets of anti-globalisation protesters and often identified with the United States, where the fast food chain has its headquarters.
Along with Kovalchuk, a second defendant was sentenced to a seven-year suspended sentence for his role in the bombing in Russia's second city, Interfax news agency reported.
(Reporting by Conor Sweeney; Editing by Dominic Evans) Keywords: RUSSIA USA/BOMBER
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