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Russian prosecutors are seeking a three-year prison sentence for veteran human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov, who was fined by a Moscow court earlier this month, after he wrote an article saying Russia had become a "fascist" country under President Vladimir Putin, the Memorial rights group said Friday. Orlov, who serves as Memorial’s co-chair, was fined 150,000 rubles ($1,500) earlier in October for publicly opposing Russia’s war invasion of Ukraine under wartime censorship laws.
Russian prosecutors on Wednesday requested a fine of 250,000 rubles ($2,500) for veteran rights campaigner Oleg Orlov as he stood trial for criticizing Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Orlov, who serves as co-chair of the Memorial human rights group, was charged with repeatedly discrediting Russia's military over his public opposition to the war in Ukraine.