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Mon, 19.02.2024

Russian man sentenced to five years labor for criticizing war in Ukraine


A Moscow court on Monday sentenced a man to five years of compulsory labor for giving an antiwar comment to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) two years ago — a criminal prosecution that showed the Russian government intensifying its crackdown on dissent and that could have a chilling effect on international media still operating in the country.

The man, Yuri Kokhovets, 38, made a brief comment critical of Russia’s war in Ukraine, in July 2022 when reporters from RFE/RL were conducting “vox pops” — quick interviews surveying public opinion — outside of a subway station in…



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