The court sentenced human rights defender Oleg Orlov to 2.5 years in prison
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A court in Moscow sentenced human rights activist and co-chairman of “Memorial” Oleg Orlov to 2 years and 6 months in prison on the charge of “repeated discrediting of the army”, reports the correspondent of “Mediazony” from the courtroom.
The reason for the case was Orlov’s anti-war article “They wanted fascism. They got it.”
The Golovinsky district court considered Orlov’s case again. Last fall, the human rights defender was found guilty and sentenced to a fine of 150,000 rubles, but the prosecutor’s office, which then demanded three years in prison, appealed the decision.
The prosecutor’s office insisted on the presence of an aggravating circumstance — “the motive of ideological enmity and hatred.” As a result, the Moscow City Court overturned the verdict and sent the case back for re-investigation. After its completion, it again entered the court. The retrial began on February 16.
Orlov denied his guilt. He also stated that he will not participate in the debates and give evidence and will speak only with the last word. “Novaya Gazeta” notes that Orlov also forbade lawyers to call defense witnesses because he was afraid that they might be recognized as so-called foreign agents. Orlov himself was recognized as a foreign agent by the Ministry of Justice on February 2.
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