Compared to most librarians, the last 19 months have been unusually dramatic for Natalya Sharina. The 59-year-old director of the State Library of Ukrainian Literature has endured house arrest, repeated court hearings, and a spinal compression fracture in police custody — all after being accused of “inciting ethnic hatred” and “distributing extremist materials.”
The Moscow Times: Russian Court convicts ‘extremist’ Ukraine library director
Former head of the Library of Ukrainian Literature Natalya Sharina, accused of embezzlement and inciting ethnic hatred, waits for the announcement of the verdict at Moscow's Meshchansky district court on June 5, 2017.
