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Russia: Oleg Kozlovsky Update

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Elections, Governance, Health, Human Rights, Politics, Protest, Youth

Political activist Oleg Kozlovsky blogs about his release from jail: “I look a little worse for wear because I refused to eat while in prison as a way of protesting against the obviously illegal nature of my arrest and trial.” LJ user ivansim reported [1] (RUS) that Kozlovsky was hospitalized shortly after his release; LJ user antimil added [2] (RUS) that he was later moved to intensive care unit. A comment (RUS) from ivansim: “No, no one had been beating him [in jail]. And, according to his mother, nothing terrible has happened, things are more or less okay…”