Brussels, 02/07/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 1 July, an EU spokesperson for foreign affairs deplored the decision of the Tambov regional court in Russia on 25 June to refuse the conditional release of environmental campaigner Yevgeniy Vitishko.
“The decision not to grant him parole, as in the case of his arrest before the Sochi Olympics and the charge brought against him during his trial, appears to have been taken with the aim of curtailing his freedom of expression”, the...