Moscow, Nov 28, 2024 (AFP) - Russia jails lawyer for 7 years for criticising Ukraine campaign

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2024-11-28

Russia on Thursday sentenced a senior lawyer who had defended a jailed journalist in a high-profile case to seven years in prison for denouncing Moscow's Ukraine offensive on social media. Dmitry Talantov, 63, was arrested in July 2022 after describing the acts of the Russian army in the Ukrainian cities of Mariupol and Bucha as being reminiscent of "Nazi practises". Talantov was for many years president of the Udmurtia lawyer association and in......

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