Oleg Orlov, 70, is one of the last critics of the Kremlin not to be imprisoned or in exile abroad. Veteran of Memorial, the NGO co-winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize and dissolved by Russian justice.
He refused to speak during this hearing, saying he was waiting for the last speech reserved for the accused, before the verdict is announced, to express himself. All this comes ten days after the death in prison of Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin's main political opponent.