Protests over sentence for Russian newspaper editor

Jewish leaders and human rights activists in Russia are outraged by the light sentence handed down in the case of a publisher known for anti-Semitic views. Alexander Brod, director of the Moscow Bureau for Human Rights, said activists would seek new opportunities to bring Viktor Korchagin to justice for activities which include the publication of a Russian edition of Hitler’s 'Mein Kampf'. On 24 November, a Moscow court had found Korchagin guilty of publishing hate materials, and handed him a one-year suspended sentence, which was immediately annulled because of a statute of limitations.