“Justifying terrorism.”The plaintiffs have appealed being held in pretrial detention three times; each time, the court has denied it. The prosecution, on the other hand, has asked the court three times to postpone the trial “to interview important witnesses”; each time, the court has granted the request. But if Ms. Berkovich and Ms. Petriychuk are found guilty, that could change, lawyers say. Expressing feminist views in Russia has become an increasingly dangerous thing to do. The play at the heart of the case is based on the true stories of Russian women who were recruited by ISIS terrorists.

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Persons: Svetlana Petriychuk, Zhenya Berkovich, “ Finist, ”, Berkovich, Petriychuk, Vladimir Putin’s, Maryushka Organizations: ISIS Locations: Russian, Russia, Syria