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Russia’s Southern District Military Court on June 14 designated the Georgian Legion fighting for Ukraine as a “terrorist” organization.
A Russian court on June 13 sentenced blogger Vladislav Sinitsa to an additional 2 1/2 years in prison on extremism charges just ahead of his scheduled release on July 1.
A Moscow court on June 13 postponed until July 1 a hearing into imprisoned Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza's appeal against police inaction in the investigation of his alleged poisonings after the administration of a correctional colony in Siberia said he is no longer at the penitentiary.
A Moscow court ruled on June 13 that the trial of theater director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriichuk, who are charged with justifying terrorism, must continue behind closed doors
Russia's Interior Ministry has added self-exiled television journalist Tatyana Lazareva to its wanted list on unspecified charges.
The Austrian Interior Ministry told Germany's dpa news agency on June 11 that Vienna had annulled the accreditation of two correspondents for Russia's TASS news agency in April "due to a negative security assessment by the security authorities."
Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin, who is serving an 8 1/2-year prison term for his criticism of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, says he will not agree to get exchanged for Russian citizens jailed in the Western countries if such a proposal occurs.
The Jewish community in Yerevan said on June 10 that the only synagogue in the Armenian capital was attacked overnight, the fourth such attack since October.
A Moscow court adjourned to an unspecified date the trial of theater director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriichuk, who are charged with justifying terrorism, after Berkovich felt unwell and an ambulance was called to the courtroom on June 10.
A military court in Moscow on June 10 sentenced a former owner of the Saturn soccer club, Oleg Medvedev, to life in prison on charges of murder, banditry, and organization of a criminal group.
Ukraine and Russia exchanged drone attacks overnight into June 8, with both sides shooting down the majority of the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
The head of Russian occupation authorities in Ukraine's southern Kherson region said 22 people were killed and 15 were injured in the town of Sadove in shelling by Ukrainian forces.
Three members of a family were convicted in Belarus for participating in protests following an August 2020 presidential election that saw authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka handed victory despite opposition claims the vote was rigged.
A Russian court on June 5 rejected an appeal filed by imprisoned opposition politician Ilya Yashin against a fine he was ordered to pay over what authorities called a violation of the law on "foreign agents."
A drone attack on the oil refinery in Novoshakhtinsk, in Russia's Rostov region earlu on June 6 has caused a fire, regional governor Vasily Golubev said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on June 5 that Russia could provide advanced long-range weapons to Western adversaries in an "asymmetric" response to Ukrainian missile strikes deep into Russian territory.
A Moscow court on June 5 sentenced Internet streamer Anna Bazhutova to 5 1/2 years in prison on a charge of distributing false information about Russia's military.
Self-exiled Russian journalist Dmitry Kolezev said on June 5 that investigators had requested a Moscow court issue an arrest warrant for him on a charge of "distributing of false information about Russian military motivated by political hatred."
Supporters and relatives of Aleksei Navalny on June 4 are marking what would have been the late Russian opposition leader's 48th birthday at events organized abroad, while in Russia people are paying their respects at his grave in Moscow.
Instead of being released on June 3 after serving a 15-day stint in solitary confinement, Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin received another 12 days in the punitive cell, his Telegram channel said on June 4.
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