'Revenge For My Activism': Extremism Cases Skyrocket In Russia

The extremism case against Leonid Rybakov, an activist in the western Siberian city of Tomsk, stretches back more than a year. And there is no end in sight.

Handling the case should have been "a matter of a day, two at most," Rybakov told RFE/RL's Siberia.Realities. "We aren't talking about a murder or even robbery. This is about a post on the Internet. But Judge Maria Tynyanaya has stretched it