Kazakh Activist Gets 10 Days In Jail For Placing Toilet In Front Of Soviet Military Monument

Zhannat Akhmediyarov, an activist in Kazakhstan’s western city of Oral, was sentenced to 10 days in jail on May 10 for placing a toilet in front of the monument of Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov while wearing a hat emblazoned with Ukraine’s trident symbol as Russia marked Victory Day on May 9. Akhmediyarov pleaded not guilty to the charge of "minor hooliganism." He told RFE/RL that his action was a response to Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev’s decision to attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow amid Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Kazakh Service, click here.