Paul Goble
Staunton, May 28 – The Russian government has not only increased criminal charges against its opponents over the last three years, it has more than trebled the number of charges against lawyers who defend them and other Russians charged with crimes, according to the Memorial Human Rights organization.
That makes it more difficult for those accused of political or other crimes to get a defense by removing some lawyers from legal practice and intimidating others from taking cases that could lead to their own indictments (semnasem.org/news/2026/05/28/chislo-ugolovnyh-del-protiv-advokatov-v-rossii-vyroslo-v-neskolko-raz-za-god).
As Memorial makes clear, criminal charges are more frequently brought against lawyers who have defended political opponents of the Putin regime, an indication that the attacks on lawyers are part of a more general Kremlin effort to suppress any and all opposition.
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