Chair of independent Russian election watchdog in court over alleged links to "undesirable organisation"
epa11650581 Grigory Melkonyants (C) , co-chair of Russia's leading independent election monitoring group Golos, sits inside a defendant's cage as he attends a court hearing at Basmanny district court in Moscow, Russia, 09 October 2024. Melkonyants was arrested in August 2023 and charged with being involved in the work of an "undesirable? non-governmental organization. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV
