A Russian poet, Artyom Kamardin, has received a 7-year jail sentence for reciting anti-war verses during a street performance in Moscow, in September 2022. Moscow's Tverskoi District Court convicted ...

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Russian poet Lev Rubinstein, a key figure of the Soviet underground literary scene who later protested against President Vladimir Putin, has died days after being hit by a car, his daughter said ...

A Russian poet was given a 7-year prison sentence Thursday for reciting verses against Russia's war in Ukraine, a tough punishment that comes during a relentless Kremlin crackdown on dissent. Moscow's ...

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LONDON (Reuters) - A Moscow military court has sentenced a Russian poet to seven years in prison for verses questioning the morality of Russia's war in Ukraine, according to a letter he wrote to a ...

Artyom Kamardin, a Russian poet, has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for reciting verses against Russia's war in Ukraine. The Tverskoi District Court in Moscow convicted Kamardin on charges of ...

A Moscow court has sentenced a poet to four years in prison for publicly reciting verses condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Tver district court sentenced Nikolai Daineko on May 10 after ...