Sochi Olympics: Alexander Popkov

Alexander Popkov: Russia An activist who has reported on the environmental fallout from construction for the Sochi Olympics was found guilty Monday of swearing in public and ordered jailed for 15 days, his lawyer said, according to The Chronicle Herald. Alexander Popkov, a lawyer for Vitishko in Sochi, told The Associated Press that his client was arrested as he was about to leave the town of Tuapse, 72 kilometres northwest of Sochi along the Black Sea coast, after formally filing for permission to travel to the Olympic city. He was found guilty of swearing at a bus stop, a hooliganism charge and Yevgeny Vitishko, who is serving a three-year, suspended sentence for spray-painting a fence, had planned on travelling to Sochi to present an environmental report. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.