Gorinov

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Reuters


Jailed Moscow politician urges end to Ukraine war at start of new terrorism trial
By Lucy Papachristou
November 27, 20246:57 AM GMT-5Updated 23 days ago



Moscow city councillor Alexei Gorinov attends a court hearing in Vladimir
Moscow city councillor Alexei Gorinov, serving a seven-year sentence for criticising Russia's invasion of Ukraine, holds a placard reading "Stop killing. Let's stop the war" as he stands... Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab Read more
LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - A Moscow district councillor serving a seven-year sentence for criticising Russia's invasion of Ukraine staged an anti-war protest from the courtroom cage on Wednesday at the start of a new trial against him on charges of justifying terrorism.
In summer 2022 Alexei Gorinov became the first individual in Russia to be jailed under a wartime censorship law, introduced soon after the invasion launched that February, which punished the dissemination of "deliberately false information" about the Russian army.