[Russia] - Russia Toughens Sentence Against Anti-War Sociologist

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Russian court of appeals has sentenced prominent anti-war sociologist and Marxist theorist Boris Kagarlitsky to five years in prison, his
lawyer told reporters on Tuesday.In December, Kagarlitsky was ordered by a Moscow military court to pay 600,000 rubles ($6,600) for
initial ruling against Kagarlitsky and sentenced him to serve five years in a prison colony, according to his lawyer."The court considered
the appeal of the Prosecutor's Office of the republic of Komi against Kagarlitsky's [previous] sentence and decided to reverse the decision
custody following Tuesday's sentencing, according to the independent Mediazona news website.Kagarlitsky, the founder and chief editor of the
left-wing news organization Rabkor, was detained in July 2023 in connection with a since-deleted YouTube video about the 2022 Crimea bridge