A Russian editor, Pyotr Lipatov, has secured a rare legal victory after being charged with "fomenting extremism". A court threw out the case yesterday, ruling that prosecution evidence was unpersuasive.
Lipatov, editor of the opposition newspaper Consensus and Truth, which is published in a Moscow suburb, was accused of publishing articles that created "negative stereotypes and negative images of members of the security forces."
His paper has regularly focused attention on the shortcomings of local government and the authorities have long sought to shut it down.
In May, Lipatov was attacked by police, an incident shown in a video on the New York Times website.
Source: New York Times
