Russia's Supreme Court on June 5 rejected an appeal filed by sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky against the five-year prison term he was handed in February on a charge of making online calls justifying terrorism. The charge stemmed from Kagarlitsky's comments online in October 2022 about reports about an attack on the Kerch bridge built by Moscow after it annexed Ukraine's Crimea in 2014. The 65-year-old Kagarlitsky was initially ordered to pay a 600,000-ruble ($6,680) fine after he was found guilty in December 2023. However, in February, a court of appeals replaced the sentence from a fine to a five-year prison term. To read the original story by RFE/RL's North.Realities, click here.
Russian Sociologist Kagarlitsky Loses Appeal Against 5-Year Prison Sentence
Boris Kagarlitsky (file photo)