Yekaterina Lushnikova is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service.
A noted young mathematician from Russia's Tatarstan who was sentenced to six years in prison on hooliganism charges that he and his supporters have rejected, says he would not be surprised if he is turned down for early release on parole.
Deep in the heart of central Russia, Maradykovsky is one of eight locations in Russia where the Soviet Union's deadly arsenal of chemical weapons is being destroyed.
