INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
private conversations with inmates at a prison hospital.Alexei Gorinov, a former Moscow councilor, was already serving a seven-year prison
sentence as thefirst known Russian to be jailed under wartime censorship laws that criminalize anti-war protests.Gorinov wenton trial again
this week on accusations based on testimony from fellow prisoners that he had justified Ukrainian attacks on the Crimean Bridge and the
into discussing the Russian invasion of Ukraine while secretly recording their conversations.A military court in the city of Vladimir found
was sentenced to seven years in jail after chiding colleagues at a council meeting for planning a children's drawing competition while the
invasion of Ukraine was underway.He was found guilty of "knowingly spreading false information about the actions of the Russian army,"
becoming the first person to be sentenced for this new offense.The human rights group Memorial has classed Gorinov as a political
prisoner.With concerns over his state of health, his supporters hoped he would be freed in a major prisoner swap in August this year.AFP
