November 10, 2015

Sochi activist to be conditionally released from prison

MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian activist who had drawn attention to the environmental fallout of the Sochi Olympics will be conditionally released from prison.

Yevgeny Vitishko had been sentenced to three years in prison in February 2014 as the Winter Olympics were taking place in the southern Russia resort region. ...

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