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Images inside a Russian court buidling where the US reporter Evan Gershkovich is set to appear for the second hearing of his trial for espionage, a charge that his employer and the White House have labelled a sham. IMAGES
A Russian court sentences top human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov to two and a half years in jail for denouncing Russia's offensive against Ukraine. The judge finds Orlov guilty for "committing a crime under article 280" ("calls for extremist activity") and orders "imprisonment for a period of two years and six months." Orlov was accused of discrediting the Russian army after writing a column written for the French online publication Mediapart, and fined in October after a first trial. IMAGES
Yevgeny Roizman, a prominent Kremlin critic and popular former mayor, goes on trial in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg over accusations of discrediting the Russian army over the Ukraine offensive. Authorities opened a criminal probe against Roizman who stands accused of "discrediting" the Russian army in comments about Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine. IMAGES
Images broadcast on a television screen show the announcement in a Moscow court ordering the closure of an arm of the Memorial group that campaigns against contemporary rights abuses in Russia, a day after the Supreme Court outlawed the main organisation, sparking an international outcry. IMAGES
Images broadcast on a television screen show Russian officials reconvening in a Moscow courtroom to hear a case against an arm of Memorial group that campaigns against current rights abuses in Russia, a day after the Supreme Court outlawed the main organisation, which chronicled Stalin-era purges. IMAGES
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