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Russian Court Sends Opposition Activist Kotov's Case to Moscow Appeals Unit

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   A Russian court has sent the high-profile case of an opposition
   activist imprisoned for repeatedly taking part in unsanctioned rallies
   to an appeals unit of the Moscow City Court.

   Moscow's Court Of Cassations No. 2 said on March 2 that it rejected a
   motion by Konstantin Kotov's lawyers and prosecutors to annul a
   four-year prison term handed to the activist.

   His lawyers wanted the case against their client to be closed and the
   charge to be dropped, while prosecutors had asked the court to cut the
   prison term to one year.
   

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