Tag: Valery Brinikh

One Russian Ecologist Released from Prison, a Second Still Inside, and a Third Likely Headed There

December 25, 2015

Staunton, December 25 — Following an international campaign, the Russian courts have released from prison camp Yevgeny Vitishko who was serving a three-year sentence for his exposure of official violations of the Russian environmental law in the run-up to the Sochi Olympics in 2014. Not surprisingly and despite both the outrageousness of the charges against […]