Kazakh Activist Serves 5 Days In Jail For Removing Soviet Flag From Private Car

Dozens of supporters of Kazakh activist Zhanbolat Shaizada held national flags and sang a patriotic song to greet him as he left a jail in Almaty late on May 14 after serving five days for forcibly removing a Soviet flag from a private car. Shaizada was arrested and charged with hooliganism on May 9 after he removed the flag from the vehicle, shouting: "This is Kazakhstan, take it away!" Shaizada told the Qamshy website that he considered flying a Soviet flag to be a provocation as Russia continues its full-scale unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Kazakh Service, click here.