A court in Sochi, Russia, has convicted a prominent human rights defender on criminal charges related to the country’s “foreign agents” law, Human Rights Watch said today.
Human Rights Watch: Russia – Court convicts rights defender
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a ceremony to greet graduates of military higher education institutions of the Russian Defence Ministry, the Ministry for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Natural Disaster Relief, the Russian Federal Security Service, the Russian Federal Guard Service and Rosgvardiya at the Kremlin in Moscow.
