Jailed Russian dissident Gorinov gets three more years for 'justifying terrorism'


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  • Friday, 29 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: Moscow city councillor Alexei Gorinov, accused of "disseminating clearly false information about Russia's army", holds a placard reading "Do you still need this war?" as he stands inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Russian dissident Alexei Gorinov was found guilty of "justifying terrorism" in his latest trial on Friday and sentenced to three more years in a penal colony.

Gorinov denied the charge and delivered a defiant closing speech to the court in which he condemned what he called Russia's "bloody slaughter" in the Ukraine war.

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