Alexei Gorinov, jailed Kremlin critic He was convicted again on Friday. and received a three-year prison sentence for opposing Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
The three-day trial with Gorinov revealed once again that Russia does not tolerate dissent.
Gorinov, 63, is a former member of the Moscow City Council. Who is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for criticizing the invasion of the people. Related news agencies–
Considering his previous convictions and sentences. A court in Russia’s Vladimir region ordered Gorinov to serve a total of five years in a maximum security prison sentence, independent Russian news website Mediasona quoted Gorinov’s lawyer as saying. It said the new sentence means he will serve an additional year in jail. Compared to the previous sentence
Gorinov was first convicted in July 2022, when a Moscow court sentenced him to seven years in prison for “spreading false information” about the Russian military at a municipal council meeting. Expressed doubts about children’s art competitions in his constituency and said that “every day children are dying” in Ukraine.
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Alexei Gorinov, imprisoned Kremlin critic standing in a cage at the court Meanwhile, his second trial was for criticizing Russia’s actions in Ukraine. It was quickly approaching its conclusion in Vladimir. Russia On Friday, November 1, September 29, 2024. (AP)
He is the first Russian to be jailed under a 2022 law that bans any public statements. about the war deviating from Moscow’s narrative
In March 2023, Gorinov told The Associated Press from behind bars that “Officials want an example that they can show to others (of) ordinary people. instead of being a public figure.”
last year Authorities launched a second case against Gorinov. His supporters said He was accused of He “justifies terrorism” in a conversation with a fellow inmate about the Ukrainian Azov Battalion. which Russia outlaws as a terrorist organization and the 2022 Crimean bridge bombing, which Moscow considers an act of terrorism.
Gorinov denied the charges against him on Wednesday. According to the independent news website Mediazona, which quoted him as saying, he only said that the annexed Crimean peninsula was Ukrainian territory. And he called Azov part of the Ukrainian army.
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Alexei Gorinov, jailed Kremlin critic Sitting in a courtroom cage Meanwhile, his second trial was for criticizing Russia’s actions in Ukraine. It was quickly approaching its conclusion in Vladimir. Russia On Friday, November 1, September 29, 2024. (AP)
His trial began on Wednesday in the Vladimir region. He is currently serving a prison sentence from a previous conviction. Photos from the courtroom published by Mediazona showed Gorinov in the defendant’s cage with a hand-drawn peace sign on a piece of paper covering his prison insignia. and carried a handwritten sign reading: “Let’s stop the killing, let’s stop the war.”
“My fault is Me as a citizen of my country Allowing this war to happen and not being able to stop it,” Gorinov said in his closing statement in court. MediaSona reports
“But I want to share my guilt and responsibility placed on me by the organizers, participants, supporters of the war. The same applies to those who persecute those who support peace,” Gorinov added. “I still live in hope that one day this will happen. In the meantime, I ask all residents of Ukraine and my fellow citizens who have suffered from the war to forgive me.”
Alexei Gorinov, imprisoned Kremlin critic was taken to court Meanwhile, his second trial was for criticizing Russia’s actions in Ukraine. It was quickly approaching its conclusion in Vladimir. Russia On Friday, November 1, September 29, 2024. (AP)
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OVD-Info, a major rights group that tracks political arrests, said: About 1,100 people have been charged with crimes for their anti-war stance since the war with Ukraine began in February 2022. Nearly 350 people are currently detained or have involuntarily worked for medical institutions.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
