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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Moscow court prolongs house arrest of Ukrainian library director

Published Aug. 26, 2016 at 5:46 pm

Head of the library of Ukrainian literature Natalia Sharina waits for her judgment in the Tagansky court in Moscow, on October 30, 2015 after been suspected of inciting ethnic hatred and violating human dignity by distributing books by Ukrainian ultranationalist author, Dmytro Korchynsky, whose works are banned in Russia.

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A court in Moscow has prolonged the house arrest of Natalya Sharina, the director of the Ukrainian Literature Library, who is facing charges of extremism and embezzlement.

The court ruled on August 26 that Sharina’s house arrest would be prolonged until October 28.