US EditionRussia Orders Jailing of Exiled Writer Boris Akunin
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The successful author, known for his historical novels, had already been placed on the list of "terrorists and extremists" and classified as "foreign agent." Critic of the Kremlin, he has been living abroad for more than ten years.
The prosecution requests that the writer Boris Akunin (Chartishvili Gregory) be sentenced in absentia to 18 years ' maximum security colony under the articles on the facilitation of terrorist activities, the justification of terrorism and the failure to perform the duties of a "foreign agent".
Prosecutors Seek 18-Year Prison Sentence for Exiled Writer Boris Akunin
Russian prosecutors are seeking an 18-year prison sentence for exiled writer Boris Akunin on charges of justifying terrorism, facilitating terrorist activity and violating the country’s “foreign agent” laws, media reported Monday.
The writer Boris Akunin (the real name is Gregory Chkhartishvili) accused TASS of lying after a note on the website of the Russian State Agency on 14 July that he had not pleaded guilty to "public justification of terrorism".
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