Riot police disperse
protesters in the town in Russia’s central Bashkortostan region, after a court
sentenced a local activist to four years jail.
Fail Alsynov who campaigns against gold mining in the Urals region and
advocates for the protection of the large ethnic Bashkir population’s language,
was sentenced for ‘inciting hatred’.
Photograph: Anya Marchenkova/AFP/Getty
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