A court in Russia's North Caucasus region of Daghestan has sentenced Emran Navruzbekov, a former officer of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), to three years and three months in a colony settlement on a libel charge. The charge stemmed from Navruzbekov's interview with the Gulagu.net human rights group while abroad about the "falsification of terrorism cases" by FSB officers in Daghestan and special operations to follow Russian government critics abroad. Navruzbekov was deported from Poland last summer. A colony settlement is a dormitory-like penitentiary located near an industrial facility where convicts work alongside regular employees. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Caucasus.Realities, click here.
Ex-FSB Officer Deported From Poland Gets Colony Term In Russia On Libel Charge
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