World leading scientific journal "Nature" published an article about the criminal prosecution of chemist Olga Zelenina, which the journal calls "a Kafkaesque nightmare." The Russian chemist is accused of participating in organized drug trafficking, and is currently behind bars a in Moscow detention center, where she shares a cell with Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of the prominent activist punk band Pussy Riot. Zelenina’s supporters say that she is the victim of a monstrous miscarriage of justice, and has done nothing more than provide an expert opinion on the opiate content of a consignment of poppy seeds. They are pessimistic that a court hearing scheduled for 24 September will result in her immediate release.
http://www.nature.com/news/outcry-over-jailed-russian-chemist-1.11462
http://lenta.ru/news/2012/09/22/nature/
UPDATE:
Zelenina released pending trial
http://www.lenta.ru/news/2012/09/25/refuse/
http://www.nature.com/news/outcry-over-jailed-russian-chemist-1.11462
http://lenta.ru/news/2012/09/22/nature/
UPDATE:
Zelenina released pending trial
http://www.lenta.ru/news/2012/09/25/refuse/
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