Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Russian Court Jails Blogger for Five Years for 'Extremist’ Posts

 
Reuters, 30/12 14:09 CET

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced a blogger to five years in jail for what it said was his extremist activity on the Internet after he urged people to attend a protest against high transport fares and criticised Russian intervention in Ukraine.

Vadim Tyumenstev, 35, from the Siberian region of Tomsk, was also banned from using the Internet for three years in a case which Russian human rights activists said violated his rights to a proper defense. 

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Source: Euronews 

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