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Leonid Tikhonov received 3.5 years
On December 15, the Nakhodka City Court sentenced the leader of the trade union organization of the Russian Trade Union of Dockers (RPD) in the port of Vostochny, Leonid Tikhonov, to 3.5 years in prison, the reports Confederation of Labor of Russia . He was charged with embezzlement and misappropriation of funds belonging to the union, and the reason for the persecution was the struggle for higher wages and the preservation of jobs.