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July 16, 2024

Russian Court Sentences Journalist Masha Gessen in Absentia to 8 Years in Prison
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A Russian court convicted U.S.-Russian journalist Masha Gessen in
absentia Monday, sentencing them to eight years in prison for remarks
made in 2022 about the invasion of Ukraine. Gessen, who lives in the
U.S., was found guilty of spreading "false information" when they spoke
in an interview about the massacre of hundreds of people by Russian
forces in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bucha. Click here see our
interviews with Masha Gessen about the war in Ukraine and many other
topics.


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