INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian prosecutors requested a six-year prison sentence for a Moscow pediatrician accused of criticizing the invasion of Ukraine during a
private appointment Friday, despite the medic insisting she was innocent.Nadezhda Buyanova was accused by the ex-wife of a soldier killed in
Ukraine of criticizing the war
the level of repression that has gripped Russia while its troops fight in Ukraine.Buyanova on Friday cried in court and insisted she was
dissent amid its offensive.Buyanova was brought into court handcuffed and wearing a black jumper, then placed into a cage for
defendants.Asked by AFP before the start of the hearing what is helping her live through being behind bars in pre-trial detention, she said:
I did not have an easy life
mostly medics, came to support Buyanova at her trial.
