Russian Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison Over  Donation to Ukrainian Army – The Moscow Times

Russian Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison Over $25 Donation to Ukrainian Army – The Moscow Times

A court in Russia’s Sverdlovsk region has sentenced a man to 12 years in a high-security penal colony for donating about $25 to the Ukrainian military, the independent Mediazona news website reported Monday. Prosecutors alleged that Yevgeny Varaksin, 27, a resident of the closed city of Lesnoy, transferred 100 Polish zlotys “to finance the Armed…

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Russia Sentences Journalists to 5.5 Years in Navalny ‘Extremism’ Case  – The Moscow Times

Russia Sentences Journalists to 5.5 Years in Navalny ‘Extremism’ Case – The Moscow Times

Four Russian journalists were sentenced to 5.5 years each on “extremism” charges Tuesday over their alleged work with the late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s organizations, the independent news outlet SOTAvision reported. Antonina Favorskaya, Artyom Kriger, Konstantin Gabov and Sergei Karelin were detained last year on accusations of gathering material and preparing and editing videos for Navalny’s Anti-Corruption…

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