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Russia convicts a prominent election monitoring activist and sentences him to 5 years in prison

  • A Moscow court convicted Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of election watchdog Golos, on May 14, 2025, sentencing him to five years in prison.
  • The conviction stemmed from charges of organizing work for an 'undesirable' organization linked to Golos' membership in a banned European network and occurred amid a government crackdown since 2022.
  • Founded in 2000, Golos exposed election violations but faced escalating pressure after its 2013 foreign agent label, NGO liquidation in 2016, and inclusion on a 2021 foreign agent registry.
  • Melkonyants and his defense deny the charges as baseless and politically motivated, with his lawyer Mikhail Biryukov stating, “there is no evidence” and pledging to appeal the verdict.
  • The sentencing highlights ongoing Kremlin efforts to intimidate independent observers and suppress critics amid intensified repression since Russia’s 2022 Ukraine invasion.
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DECRYPTAGE - The Russian courts distribute unprecedented judgments in turn to repress any form of challenge.

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According to the charges, the Golos movement leader was working for an "undesired organization", but the movement itself is not prohibited.

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NiagaraFallsReview.ca broke the news in Niagara Falls, Canada on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.
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