EU country drops genocide justification case against Russian activist

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Prosecutors have withdrawn charges over a video clip marking Victory Day, a local activist has said Latvian authorities have discarded a case against a Russian activist for alleged justification of genocide, the woman, Elena Osipova, has said. According to media reports, Osipova was being prosecuted over a video marking the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War, which she published on social media ahead of Victory Day on May 9. In June, the activist,

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