While this is not the biggest news to come out of Russia recently, it is another entry in a never-ending series at this blog, "Why was this case tried in miltiary court?"
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Why was this case tried in military court?
From Russia, with love of unusual court procedures, a sociologist and Marxist theorist had a five-year jail sentence imposed on appeal. The state appealed a military court's decision to fine Boris Kagarlitsky 600,000 rubles ($6,600ish). The military court found Mr. Kagarlitsky guilty of "justifying terrorism" for a video he produced on the 2022 Ukranian attack of the Crimean Bridge. Unhappy with the leniency the trial court showed this civilian, the prosecutors found a more receptive bench at the military court of appeals.
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