Regional authorities say more than 6,000 people were convicted and sentenced in the first half of the year for violations of the law on public gatherings in the Russian capital, Moscow.
Alexei Navalny
RFE/RL: Over 6,000 people in Moscow sentenced for violating law on public gatherings
Opposition supporters hold their cell phones during a rally in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, in central Moscow on April 21, 2021.
