NOVGOROD, Russia — A wedding reception was scheduled for the Hotel Rossia in central Novgorod on the evening of May 22, but guests arrived to find police blocking the door.
RFE/RL: Russian police break up congress of independent lawmakers
This handout photograph released and taken on Dec. 23, 2020 by Moscow's Tverskoy District Court shows Moscow city deputy and opposition activist Yulia Galyamina attending the verdict earing of her trial on charge of violating a 2014 protest law while campaigning against changes to the constitution allowing the President to extend his term in office in Moscow.
