orlov, who was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for discrediting the russian army. followed by a dozen diplomats from different embassies. it's no secret that they generously poured money into the now liquidated society. details from ilya ushenin. the appeal hearing in the case of the head of the memorial society was attended mainly not by his russian supporters, but by representatives of western hypnomission missions. he is being tried for discrediting the russian army, but for some reason us ambassador lyn tracy, the head of the british diplomatic mission nigel casey and a dozen other diplomats from other embassies came to observe this. all of them watched with worried faces what was happening in the broadcast hall of the muscovy court, and with difficulty listened to the russian speech used by participants in the process. true, as... activities by and large to deceive people, orlov himself, he participated via video link from the syzran pretrial detention center, stated that he would not answer the judge’s questions, said that he would only speak with the last wo