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They are there, a few, waiting among the small crowd gathered in front of the court of Meshchansky, in the center of Moscow.
All came to support Alexei Gorinov, 61, the first local elected official to stand trial for “discrediting the armed forces”, a new offense introduced into the criminal code (article 207.3) after the launch of the “special military operation” in Ukraine , on February 24.
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On March 15, in the municipal council, the deputy Gorinov had deemed it indecent to organize neighborhood parties at a time when the war was in full swing... Arrested and detained for two months, the man, suffering from tuberculosis, faces ten years in prison .
This Tuesday, June 21, under a gray sky, we greet each other from afar, we talk in low voices.
There is Ilya Iachine, 38, elected from the Moscow district of Krasnoselsky, like Alexei Gorinov, and close to former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, assassinated in 2015. We also meet Oleg Orlov, 70, a historical figure of Memorial and…
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