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A court in Sochi sentenced a journalist detained during a raid by environmentalists to 3 days of arrest
The Adler District Court of Sochi, Krasnodar Territory, sentenced Caucasian Knot journalist Anna Gritsevich, who was detained last week during a raid against an unauthorized landfill in the village of Chereshnya, Adler District, to 3 days of administrative arrest.
Journalist Gritsevich sentenced to three days of arrest for carrying out journalistic activities
— Alexander Popkov (@slevodav) July 6, 2015 According to lawyer Alexander Popkov, who represented Gritsevich’s interests, Judge Yakimenko, who considered the material about her detention, ignored the fact that she was a journalist and was at work. On June 29, activists in the village of Chereshnya tried to stop KamAZ trucks that were dumping garbage collected after the flood near the Sochi National Park. along with Gritsevich Ecologist Vladimir Kimaev was detained ; consideration of his administrative material is scheduled for Tuesday, July 7.