Retrial Sought for Jailed Senator

The Kremlin human rights council asked the president Thursday to order a review into the case of a former senator sentenced last year to life in prison on charges of terrorism and organizing contract hits. While the council does not consider Igor Izmestyev blameless, it believes that the case was heavily tampered with, possibly because of the former senator’s conflict with a clan that ruled Bashkortostan in the 2000s, said council […]