The Tverskoy District Court in Moscow has sentenced 25-year-old activist Andrei Klimashev to 5 1/2 years in prison, his lawyer, Maksim Ovchinnikov, said on May 24. Klimashev was accused of using violence against a police officer in January 2021 during rallies in support of opposition politician Aleksei Navalny. According to official information, investigators found that the activist kicked a policeman and sprayed two others with a gas spray. Klimashev was detained in March last year and placed in pretrial detention He will serve his sentence in a general regime colony, authorities said. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Russian Activist Andrei Klimashev Sentenced To More Than Five Years In Prison
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