MOSCOW, April 14 (RAPSI) – A resident of the Khabarovsk Region has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for attempt to join an international terrorist organization in Syria as a military doctor, RIA Novosti reported Friday.

The man, who has been working as a doctor in one of the Khabarovsk Region’s hospitals since 2009, became interested in the activities of international terrorist groups in 2015, according to the Federal Security Service (FSB).

In July 2016, the convict prepared an itinerary, bought air tickets to Turkey, where he was going to cross the Syrian border. However, the could not execute his plan because he was arrested by the FSB officers.

The sentence has not become effective yet, the FSB statement reads.