MOSCOW -- A Russian rights activist was shot and severely wounded in an attack in the Russian city of Khimki, near Moscow, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.
Unknown assailants shot Albert Pchelintsev, the leader of the public movement Against Corruption and Deception, on his way home on July 25. He was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the face.
Pchelintsev has been actively involved in promoting greater transparency between Khimki's city administration and the public.
Unknown assailants shot Albert Pchelintsev, the leader of the public movement Against Corruption and Deception, on his way home on July 25. He was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the face.
Pchelintsev has been actively involved in promoting greater transparency between Khimki's city administration and the public.