A court in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, sentenced Russian citizen Mansur Movlayev, an outspoken critic of the authoritarian ruler of Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, to six months in prison for illegal border-crossing. Movlayev's lawyer, Bakyt Avtandil, told RFE/RL that the Birinchi Mai district court also ruled that his client must be deported to Russia after serving his term. Movlayev, a native of Chechnya, is wanted in Russia on extremism charges that he rejects as politically motivated. Movlayev says he managed to escape an illegal incarceration in Chechnya and reach Kyrgyzstan last year. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Caucasus.Realities, click here.
Kadyrov Critic Gets Six-Month Prison Term In Kyrgyzstan, Faces Deportation
Mansur Movlayev, a native of Chechnya, is wanted in Russia on extremism charges that he rejects as politically motivated.