Political pressure: media digest (February 5-12)
"Bolotnaya case" The defendants in the “Case of Eight” made their final plea “Novaya Gazeta”, February 5 : « Yaroslav Belousov “All the materials in the case testify to my innocence.” I did not commit any crimes on May 6, 2012, I could not have committed them. He had no intention, moreover, he didn’t even have a thought. <…> As for everything else: I could not carry out violence against anyone and did not even have any thoughts.