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Prominent Russian human rights activist Oleg Orlov has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for criticizing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A Moscow court found the 70-year-old, who once co-chaired the Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization Memorial, guilty on Tuesday of allegedly repeatedly “discrediting” Russia’s army. A video published by Memorial shows Orlov being handcuffed in the courtroom after the verdict was announced. The Kremlin critic is internationally recognized as a politically persecuted person. Several Western diplomats also attended the court session in Moscow for t…

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