POLITICS● ELEVATED3h ago · Oct 5, 2026, 4:41 PM
Denied asylum in the U.S., imprisoned in Russia. Activist Leonid Melekhin gets 6 years for ‘justifying terrorism.’
Meduza [en] · eastern europe
A court sentenced Leonid Melekhin, a businessman and activist from Perm, to six years in prison for justifying terrorism, Mediazona reported.
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