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December 13, 2023

Russian Antiwar Dissident Boris Kagarlitsky Freed from Detention
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In Russia, prominent dissident and Marxist theorist Boris Kagarlitsky
has been released from jail. Kagarlitsky was detained in July and
accused of "justifying terrorism" for comments he made about the war in
Ukraine. His arrest was met with international condemnation. A court
this week found him guilty and fined him the equivalent of $6,600 but
allowed him to walk free. Prosecutors had been seeking a five-year
prison term. Click here to see our interview with Boris Kagarlitsky in
December of last year.


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