02-09-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com

Russia jails blogger for Tweet, charges Kremlin critics over protests

A Russian court sentenced a blogger to five years in jail on Tuesday after convicting him of inciting violence against the children of police officers, and charged two Kremlin critics with organizing an illegal protest.The court action follows a summer of opposition protests demanding free elections to Moscow's city legislature on Sept. 8, the biggest sustained protest movement in the Russian capital since 2011-2013.The authorities have allowed some opposition protests, but declined to sanction
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