Russian court sentences activist Leonid Melekhin to 6 years for terrorism justification

A Russian court sentenced Perm-based businessman and activist Leonid Melekhin to six years in prison for 'justifying terrorism,' per Mediazona. Melekhin had previously been denied asylum in the U.S. and was imprisoned in Russia, indicating a pattern of crackdowns on dissent. This underscores Russia's intensified legal repression of activists under wartime laws.