Veteran human rights activist Oleg Orlov was sentenced on Tuesday by a Moscow court to two and a half years in prison after he was found guilty of discrediting Russia's armed forces in a trial that has been condemned by international observers as politically motivated.
Orlov, 70 years old, has served for more than two decades as one of the leaders of the rights group Memorial. It won a share of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022, a year after being banned and dissolved in Russia.