Russian court jails veteran activist Orlov for 2.5 years
The Hindu
Top human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail for denouncing Russia's assault on Ukraine.
A Russian court on February 27 sentenced top human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov to two-and-a-half years in jail for denouncing Russia's assault on Ukraine.
The 70-year-old, a key figure of the Nobel Prize-winning Memorial group, is the latest target of Kremlin repression, which has intensified since the offensive in Ukraine.
"The court has determined Orlov's guilt and orders a sentence of two years and six months... in a general regime penal colony," the judge said.
Mr. Orlov was accused of discrediting the Russian Army in a column written for the French online publication Mediapart, and fined in October after a first trial.
The fine was a relatively lenient punishment and prosecutors called for a new trial.
As the judge read the verdict, the bespectacled, white-haired activist winked at his wife, fellow activist Tatyana Kosatkina.
He was taken into custody in the courtroom and asked Kosatkina to come over.
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