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Metro 2033 creator Dmitry Glukhovsky faces eight-year jail sentence if he returns to Russia (metro.co.uk)

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The writer of the Metro novels and video games has been handed an eight-year prison sentence, for his opposition to the Ukraine war.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

....even though he left Russia some time ago. A Moscow court tried him anyway and found him guilty...

How do you try someone not in the court? Lmao, such a shithole country.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean trials in absentia are super common, including in Western democracies. If you're confident you can prosecute but unable to detain the defendant, then you can still try them without them being physically present.

[–] Madison420 4 points 1 year ago

We were actively trying animals in open court until the end of the eighteenth century as far as I can prove but probably actually later than that since iirc a circus elephant in like 19xx was tried for a few deaths it caused. So it's probably fair to say we're not smart people.