The leader of the only independent observatory of the elections in Russia Golos was sentenced to five years in prison in a prisoner colony, being found guilty of being involved in “unwanted organization” activities. Grigori Melconiand, a co -chair of the Golos movement, was arrested in August 2023. He did not admit his guilt to court. Human rights activists say the case against 44 -year -old Melkonian is part of a wider repression of civil society that has intensified since the full -scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. court and invited them not to be discouraged by the verdict. The Golos Movement, which in Russian also means “voice” and “vote”, had initially angered the authorities when it published data on the 2011 parliamentary elections that led the opposition to protest protests and then voting for the election of the president. […]
Source: News Beast
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