Prosecutor requests fine of $5,400 in Kadyrov defamation lawsuit

A prosecutor asked a Moscow court on Thursday to fine human rights activist Oleg Orlov 150,000 rubles ($5,413) in a slander case involving Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. Orlov, head of rights group Memorial, has publicly accused Kadyrov of being behind the murder of Chechen rights activist Natalia Estemirova in 2009. The Chechen leader, who called […]