A Moscow court on July 29 issued arrest warrants for two more members of the Vesna youth movement over their public condemnation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Makar Dyakonov and Vladislav Sorvenkov were charged in absentia with organizing an extremist group. Sorvenkov was also charged with distributing false data about Russia's military, the rehabilitation of Nazism, and other alleged crimes. Last week, a Moscow court issued arrest warrants on similar charges for two other Vesna activists in exile, Lev Gyammer and Gleb Kondratyev. Vesna was declared extremist and banned in Russia in December 2022 after it organized rallies against mobilization for the Kremlin's war against Ukraine. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Russian Warrants Issued For Members Of Anti-War Youth Movement In Exile
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