A court in the Russian city of Perm has dropped all charges against 82-year-old writer Aleksandr Nikonov, the writer's lawyer said on August 10. Nikonov was charged in June with discrediting the Russian armed forces after he spoke to a man while selling his books in a park. The man who talked to Nikonov reported to the police that the writer recommended that he should not go to the war in Ukraine and instead listen to what opposition activists say about Russia's aggression. Investigators then checked Nikonov's books and declared them "literature aimed at discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation." To read the original story by RFE/RL's Idel.Realities, click here.
