Moscow Now Using Many Ways to Punish Lawyers who Defend Their Clients Vigorously and Make Other Attorneys Less Willing to Do So, ‘Novaya Gazeta’ Says

Paul Goble Staunton, Aug. 17 – Over the last five years, the number of Russian lawyers who have been charged with criminal offenses has risen from 80 in 2020 to 133 last year. Such charges attract much attention, but this form of attack on attorneys is only a tiny part of Moscow’s efforts to rein in lawyers and reduce their willingness to defend clients, Maria Ehrlich says. Although statistics are…