http://www.france24.com/en/20120828-russian-anti-putin-activist-jailed-eight-years
With surprising harshness...in Smolensk activist Taisiya Osipova, 28...was sentenced to 8 years for drug possession.
Observers say the sentence is unusually long...and that the heroin was planted in her apartment in 2010 by Putin's police...to get her out of the way.
The wife of a leading activist...Osipova has a small child and suffers from diabetes.
Last week...the prosecutors asked...for a 4 year sentence.
She has been in jail since her arrest 2 years ago.
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