INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Russian court sentenced Moscow municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov to seven years in prison Friday under censorship laws that criminalize
anti-war protests.The 60-year-old lawyer was arrested in April for spreading "knowingly false information" about the Russian army during a
session of the local assembly in northern Moscow where he is a deputy.At the session in question, which was recorded and is still available
on YouTube, Gorinov's queried plans to hold an art competition for children in his local area while "children are dying" in
guilt, is the first elected member of the opposition to be sentenced to jail for criticizing Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine.In his
sentencing.Russian human rights activist Marina Litvinovich decried the verdict, saying its primary aim is to intimidate Russia's civil
servants into silence."Any junior representative of the authorities now understands that no words against the 'special operation' can be
said, otherwise they'll get a demonstrative seven years in prison," Litvinovich wrote.Russia passed a law in March that allows jail
sentences of up to 15 years for spreading false information about the military.Thousands of Russians have been fined, or face jail, for
carrying out anti-war protests, or making anti-war statements since the invasion of Ukraine in late February.
