Court Rejects Russian Journalist's Appeal Against Sentence Over Posts About Ukraine War

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Court Rejects Russian Journalist's Appeal Against Sentence Over Posts About Ukraine War

A court of appeals in the Siberian region of Kemerovo on March 5 rejected an appeal filed by journalist Andrei Novashov against a sentence he was handed last year over his social media posts saying Russian forces attacked civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.