The head of Russia's only independent election watchdog was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in a penal colony after ...

A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced well-known election watchdog Grigory Melkonyants to five years in prison after it ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The head of Russia's only independent election watchdog was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison ...

A Moscow court sentenced prominent Russian election monitor Grigory Melkonyants to five years in prison after finding him guilty of working for an “undesirable organization.” ...

Grigory Melkonyants (R), co-chair of Russia's leading independent election monitoring group Golos, stood inside a defendant's cage as he attended Wednesday's verdict hearing at Basmanny district ...

The head of Russia's only independent election watchdog was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in a penal colony after being found guilty of working with an "undesirable organization." ...

Human rights campaigners say the case against Golos' Grigory Melkonyants is part of a wider crackdown on civil society that has intensified since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 20 ...

LONDON (Reuters) -The head of Russia's only independent election watchdog was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in a penal colony after being found guilty of working with an "undesirable ...