New show trials

摘要

Tatiana polikhovicha says she and her husband of one month, Alexei, share the "ordinary" feelings of "young people in love". The two 22-year-olds, who met in their first year at university, communicate in "smiles and half gestures" that only they understand, she says. But their wedding was in Moscow's Butyrka jail and those gestures are passed through the glass of the "aquarium" where defendants sit in Russian courtrooms. Mr Polikhovich is one of 12 people on trial for charges stemming from an anti-government protest in May 2012 and is facing up to 13 years in prison.