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Russia: firm prison required against an opponent who criticized the offensive in Ukraine

2022-07-07T16:06:34.910Z


A Russian prosecutor requested seven years in prison on Thursday July 7 against an elected municipal official in Moscow accused of having disseminated “false information” on...


A Russian prosecutor requested seven years in prison on Thursday July 7 against an elected municipal official in Moscow accused of having disseminated "

false information

" about the soldiers taking part in the offensive in Ukraine, in a context of repression of any voice of opposition.

The prosecutor accused the elected official, Alexei Gorinov, of having "

misled a large number of people

", asking that he be sent to "

a penal colony for a period of seven years

", according to a correspondent of AFP present at the hearing.

Source: lefigaro

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