MOSCOW. Dec 11 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to reconsider the so-called case of the New Greatness at the request of the presidential Council of Human Rights.
The issue of the case defendants was raised at Putin's meeting with the Council on Thursday.
Maria Dubik, who openly campaigned against violence, "received a huge suspended sentence," a council member, Yekaterina Vinokurova, said. "The role of provocation there was not evaluated," another member said.
Putin said: "You know, it's a subtle thing, where [you have] a provocation and where the intentions related to the plotting of some combative rallies, with the presence of explosives or combat weapon, training in the woods, and so on. I forget the details now, I only know that courts have been gone through. Let us look it once again."
"You know, there is no desire absolutely, trust me, no desire to grab and not let go, like I already said. But there is the desire to protect society from any manifestation of extremism, from explosions on the subway, that sort of thing. That's what it's about. This is what we must protect our people from. Well, let's have another look. Good, I made a note of all this," the president said.