Dissident Oleg Orlov sentenced to two and a half years in prison. For repeatedly criticizing the Russian military offensive in Ukraine.

Human rights activist was transferred to a penal colony. The judge said in his verdict: “The court decided to find Orlov guilty and impose a sentence of two years and six months in (...) a penal colonies.” The judge was present at the hearing, according to an AFP journalist present. The court found him guilty of “repeated denunciations’ of the military offensive, the judge said.