Jailed Kyrgyz Ex-President Atambaev Acquitted In 2020 Mass Disorder Case
A court in Bishkek has acquitted former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev in a case related to mass protests that swept the Central Asian nation in 2020.
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A court in Bishkek has acquitted former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev in a case related to mass protests that swept the Central Asian nation in 2020.
The chairman of the attorneys chamber in Russia's Udmurtia region, Dmitry Talantov, has been detained after he criticized the government and military forces over a deadly strike on a shopping mall in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk.
The Russian girlfriend of a Belarusian dissident sentenced to six years in prison has asked strongman Alexander Lukashenko for a pardon, state media said on Monday.
Sofia Sapega's plea comes a year after she was detained by the KGB on a diverted flight in Minsk.
Sapega was sentenced in May to six years in prison for "inciting social hatred" and "violence and threats".