Russia: Anothr Kemerovo Blogger Charged With Libel  · Global Voices
Alexey Sidorenko

A criminal case has been started against Alexander Sorokin (aka LJ user commentator40), Echo Moskvy reported [RUS]. He is charged with libel against Kemerovo governor Aman Tuleev [EN] for the post [RUS] in which he compares Russian regional governors to Latin American dictators. It is the second famous case [EN] of prosecuting a blogger in this region in 2010.