From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/9/2007 7:56 AM 8.6.2007 10:22 MSK Vladimir Putin refuses to show mercy for Igor Sutyagin and Valentin Danilov RUSSIA, Moscow. According to information obtained from the office of the President of Russia, several days ago the President signed documents refusing to pardon scientists Igor Sutyagin and Valentin Danilov. The document has already been sent to their prisons. Sutyagin was sentenced to 15 years, and Danilov to 13 years, on the charge of high treason.
Attorneys for the scientists and human rights activists emphasize that the charges against Sutyagin and Danilov were fabricated.
An All-Russian Civil Congress communication of June 6 noted that the Public Committee for the Protection of Scientists sent a petition asking for the scientists pardon. The petition was signed by the following: Vitaly Ginsburg, Nobel prize winner, and academic at RAN (Russian Academy Of Science); Yuri Ryzhov, academic RAN; Ludmila Alekseyeva, Chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Group; Sergey Kovalev, President of the Institute of Human Rights; Aleksey Simonov, President of the Fund for the Protection of Glasnost; Mark Rozovsky, People's Artist of Russia; Nikita Bely, Chairman of the Federal Politsovet of the Union of Right-Wing Forces; and Grigory Yavlinsky, Chairman of the Yabloko Party.
Translated by OM Kenney PRIMA-News Agency [2007-06-06-Rus-39]
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