Officials face jail for war remarks in Moscow

By Our Special Correspondent

A Moscow court on Tuesday started hearing the case of a city councilor, who faces up to 10 years in jail for criticizing Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine. Alexei Gorinov, a 60-year-old lawyer by training, was arrested in late April for spreading “knowingly false information” about the Russian army. Gorinov is accused of acting “in a group” with another Moscow deputy Yelena Kotyonochkina, who has left Russia and was charged in absentia .He faces up to 10 years in jail. The charges come under new legislation.