A Russian who killed his father in December 2011 after a row about China’s geographical position, has been sentenced to 13 years in jail, the prosecutor’s office in Far Eastern Amur region said on its website on Thursday.

上周四，位于远东地区阿穆尔州的公诉人办公室在网站公布，2011年12月因与父亲对中国地理位置争论不和而杀父的俄罗斯男子被判入狱13年。

According to prosecutors, the 41-year-old man, who was released from prison in October 2011, started an argument with his father about China's geographical position as they were drinking alcohol together in Far Eastern city of Blagoveshchensk.

据公诉人称，在远东区城市布拉戈维申斯岛，2011年12月刚从监狱被释放的41岁男人，当时正和父亲一边喝着酒，一边争议着中国地理位置的问题。

After unsuccessful attempts to convince his father on which shore of the Amur River China is located, the man beat his father, suffocated him with a towel and then drowned him in a bath, the prosecutors said in a statement.

中国位于阿穆尔河（即黑龙江）哪一侧？公诉人声称，该男子在屡屡劝说父亲关于中国地理位置得不到赞同之后，便开始打他的父亲，用毛巾捂住他，然后把父亲溺死在浴缸中。

The man will serve a 13-year jail term in a high-security prison, the prosecutor’s office said.

公诉人办公室说，男人将要在重刑犯监狱服役13年。