في 30 يونيو عام 2004 حكم عليهم بالسجن مدى الحياة وذكر القاضي أنهم تصرفوا بناءً على أوامر من القيادة الروسية.
On June 30, 2004, both Russians were sentenced to life imprisonment; passing the sentence, the judge stated that they had acted on orders from the Russian leadership.