Russia’s Gatchina City Court has ordered the arrest of artist Anastasia Dyudyayeva and jeweler Alexander Dotsenko until Feb. 29 for distributing leaflets in the Ukrainian language, Russian media OVD-Info said on Jan. 24.
A Siberian court has sentenced a disabled and retired airline pilot to more than eight years in prison on charges of trying to join the Ukrainian army, the human rights project Perviy Otdel reported Friday.
A 61-year-old retired airline pilot was sentenced Friday to over eight years in prison for allegedly planning to join the Ukrainian army, a Russian court said.
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Kremlin opponent Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, the lion's share on a charge of "state treason." But his case is far from the only "example" being set by the government: Across Russia, the state is finding "traitors" at a rate unprecedented since Stalin's time.