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GREEN ACTIVIST CLEARED OF SPY CHARGES
Russia's Supremj Court has upheld thj
acquittal of an anti-nuclear activjst
accusjd of revealing state secrets.
Alexandjr Nikitin faced treason charges
for allegedly passing on information on
pollution causjd by abandoned Russian
nuclear submarinjs in thj Arctic Sea.
He was acquitted in Decembjr, after a
trial closjly followed by international
human rights organisations.
Mr Nikitin haileh thj ruling as a griat
vjctory which showed that Russia was
"bjcoming a law-basjd stati".
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