Moscow councillor jailed for seven years after criticising Ukraine war
by Pjotr Sauer from World news | The Guardian on (#616QP)
Alexei Gorinov receives first long-term sentence under harsh laws introduced since Russian invasion
A court in Moscow has sentenced an opposition councillor to seven years in jail for criticising Russia's military actions in Ukraine, the first long-term prison sentence handed out under the new laws that restrict criticism of the war.
Alexei Gorinov, a deputy at Moscow's Krasnoselsky district council and trained lawyer, was arrested in April on charges of spreading knowingly false information" about the Russian army.
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