Zhukov’s case drew wide support among young Russians, including music stars and the daughter of president Vladimir Putin’s spokesman. — AP
A Russian court handed down a suspended sentence to a university student charged with "extremism” for his anti-Kremlin YouTube videos, rejecting prosecutors’ calls for a prison term in a case activists called a small victory amid the government’s crackdown on opponents.
The court also sentenced Yegor Zhukov, 21, to sharply restricted Internet use for the next two years, apparently an attempt to prevent him from continuing his video blogging. After the ruling, he said he wasn’t sure whether the ban on administering sites would prevent him from running his blog, Interfax report.
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