Belarusian activist Maria Kolesnikova received an eleven-year jail sentence (BBC) and lawyer Maxim Znak received a ten-year jail sentence after they took part in a council that challenged the results of the country’s 2020 presidential election. Authorities accused the council of trying to stage a coup.
This 2020 meeting looked at the crisis that stemmed from Belarus’s contested election.
Germany: A German foreign ministry spokesperson said Germany holds Russia responsible (FT) for targeting German politicians in cyberattacks ahead of upcoming elections.
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