The head of Russia's only independent election watchdog was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in a penal colony after ...

A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced well-known election watchdog Grigory Melkonyants to five years in prison after it ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The head of Russia's only independent election watchdog was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison ...

Russia has sentenced Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of independent election watchdog Golos, to five years in a penal colony.

A Moscow court sentenced prominent Russian election monitor Grigory Melkonyants to five years in prison after finding him guilty of working for an “undesirable organization.” ...

The case against him is part of the monthslong crackdown on Kremlin critics and rights activists that the government ...

Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of Russia’s leading election watchdog Golos, has rejected the charges as politically motivated.

The boss of Russian independent election watchdog has been jailed after being found guilty of working with an "undesirable" ...