A Russian court on Monday convicted a theater director and a playwright of terrorism charges and sentenced them to six years each in prison, the latest in an unrelenting crackdown on dissent across the country that has reached new heights since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine. The women’s lawyers pointed out at court hearings before the trial that the play …
Playwright Svetlana Petriychuk, left, and theater director Zhenya Berkovich are seen in a glass cage prior to a hearing in a court Monday in Moscow. A Russian court on Monday convicted a theater director and a playwright of terrorism charges and sentenced them to six years each in prison, the latest in an unrelenting crackdown on dissent across the country …
TALLINN, Estonia — A Russian court on Monday opened the trial of a theater director and a playwright accused of advocating terrorism in a play, the latest step in an unrelenting crackdown on dissent in Russia that has reached new heights since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine. Authorities claim their play “Finist, the Brave Falcon” justifies terrorism, which is a …
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