New York Times
Editorial
July 19, 2010
The decision by a Moscow court to fine the organizers of an art exhibition, “Forbidden Art — 2006,” is a reminder about the continued limits on freedom of expression in Russia.
True, the court could have gone further and actually jailed the two defendants. And the Russian Orthodox Church and the government at least argued against prison sentences. But the fact that this trial went on for two years and the two defendants were convicted of “inciting religious hatred” and fined — about $6,500 for one and $4,800 for the other — is chilling.
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