The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Russia to pay compensation to two Russian activists who received prison terms for their roles in organizing a May 2012 protest against President Vladimir Putin and his government on Moscow’s Bolotnaya Square.
RFE/RL: ECHR orders Russia to compensate two activists in Bolotnaya case
Russian opposition activists hold posters bearing portraits of jailed opposition activists Vladimir Akimenkov and Leonid Razvozzhayev during a rally in central Moscow on October 30, 2012.
