The 58-year-old library head faces jail for storing books written by a Ukrainian nationalist writer, in a case denounced as political persecution
(29 October 2015) Authorities in Moscow have detained the 58-year-old director of a well-known Ukrainian library for “inciting hatred” after a raid allegedly turned up “anti-Russian propaganda”.
Natalia Sharina, the director of the Library of Ukrainian Literature in Moscow, faces up to four years behind bars if she is convicted of the charge, brought under the country’s much criticised and vaguely defined “extremism” laws.
The Daily Telegraph has the story by by Allison Quinn.
