INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Karpenko and Valery Kotovich, as well as Ilya Ponomarev, a former lawmaker and vocal Kremlin critic.Thirty-two people accused of violating
the law have fled Russia, according to Chikov, including investigative journalists Andrei Soldatov and Ruslan Leviyev, who the authorities
subsequently put on wanted lists.Fifty-seven of the 100 defendants face between five and 10 years in prison, Chikov said
Another 24 face up to three years behind bars.Opposition leaders Ilya Yashin and Vladimir Kara-Murza are among those accused under the law
been fined up to 3 million rubles ($50,000), two received community service and two more suspended sentences.The harshest sentence was
to protest monitoring website OVD-Info.
