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The Kremlin critic says the charges against him are politically motivated.View on euronews
Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led an armed rebellion against the Russian military - and walked free. Others who merely voiced criticism against the Kremlin weren't so lucky.
Vladimir Kara-Murza has rejected the charges against him as political and likened the judicial proceedings against him to the show trials during the rule of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.
Prominent Cambodian opposition figure Kem Sokha was sentenced on Friday to 27 years of house arrest after being found guilty of treason, in a case condemned by the United States as politically motivated.
Ukrainian officials reported heavy fighting in eastern regions on Thursday as Kyiv's forces tried to push back Russian troops, while President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the West to provide his army with heavy tanks. For more on the intense fighting engulfing the east, FRANCE 24 is joined by our correspondent Daniel Hawkins in Moscow and Frank Ledwidge, former UK Military Intelligence Officer and Senior Lecturer at Portsmouth University.
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