Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin's sentencing hearing postponed due to court evacuation
Source: Meduza
Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin’s sentencing hearing has been rescheduled from December 7 to December 9, according to the press service of Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court.
On Wednesday, shortly before the hearing was slated to begin, the court was evacuated. This isn’t the first time the court has had to evacuate during the proceedings against Yashin; previous hearings in the case have been interrupted multiple times by bomb threats.
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