Crimean lawyer Emil Kuberdinov said on October 13 that his colleague Oleksiy Ladin was detained by Russia-installed police in Ukraine's Moscow-annexed Crimea and sentenced hours later to 14 days in jail on a charge of distributing extremist symbols online. The charge stemmed from his posts with Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar symbols and a photo of a slogan saying "Crimean Tatars Are Not Terrorists." The court also ordered Ladin to pay a fine of 45,000 rubles ($460) after finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian armed forces by reposting online materials criticizing Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Crimea.Realties, click here.
Lawyer Who Defended Crimean Tatars Is Fined And Given 14 Days In Jail
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