14+ hour, 22+ min ago  (792+ words) In April, D'sseldorf carnival float builder Jacques Tilly was condemned in Moscow in absentia to eight and a half years in prison (The Colu. mn reported). This Tuesday, the appeal process is set to begin. Before the Moscow City Court's…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (478+ words) Throughout the months-long trial, talk repeatedly circled around an alleged insult to Russian President Vladimir Putin. This accusation did not become concrete on the day of the verdict. The offense under which Tilly was convicted prohibits defaming Russian state organs,…...