Russian Activist Found Not Guilty Of Libeling Chechen Leader

MOSCOW — Memorial Human Rights Center leader Oleg Orlov has been found not guilty of insulting Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov, RFE/RL’s Russian Service reports. The Moscow court ruled on June 14 that statements Orlov made following the abduction and murder in July 2009 of his Grozny-based colleague, Natalya Estemirova, did not constitute a crime. […]