MOSCOW — A Russian news editor in Siberia was sentenced to eight years in prison Friday for publishing critical material on Moscow's offensive in Ukraine, which has been accompanied in Russia by a massive crackdown on dissent.
MOSCOW — A Russian news editor in Siberia was sentenced to eight years in prison Friday for publishing critical material on Moscow's offensive in Ukraine , which has been accompanied in Russia by a massive crackdown on dissent.Sergei Mikhailov, a journalist and editor in the mountainous Altai region, was arrested in the first weeks of the Kremlin launching the military campaign in 2022, shortly after repressive laws that banned criticism of Russia's actions in Ukraine were adopted.
'Mikhailov ran the small online opposition social media channel 'Listok' in Siberia's Altai republic — a region that has sent many men to Ukraine.In a speech in court earlier this week, Mikhailov stood by his reporting and harshly criticized the Kremlin for sending troops to Ukraine.He said the Russian state narrative of calling the Ukrainian leadership 'fascist' had 'created a whole virtual universe in the information space, and this fog became stronger and stronger.
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