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The trial of Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin, accused of spreading "fake" information, begins in a Moscow court. Yashin faces up to 10 years behind bars for denouncing President Vladimir Putin's offensive in Ukraine. He is accused of spreading false information about the Russian army under legislation introduced after Putin launched the operation in Ukraine. IMAGES
Prosecutors rest their case against Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer on trial for murder and manslaughter for the death of George Floyd, whose last breaths were captured on video and laid bare racial wounds in the United States. IMAGES
Krestina and Angelina Khachaturyan appear in court for a hearing ahead of a trial on murder charges after them and their sister killed their father Mikhail in July 2018. Krestina, Angelina and Maria Khachaturyan together stabbed their father to death in July 2018 at their home in Moscow after he subjected them to rape and abuse and prevented them from attending school. The two older sisters, Krestina and Angelina, face up to 20 years in prison. Lawyers and activists have argued that the teenagers were forced to kill their father to save their own lives, pointing to the lack of legal protection for victims of domestic abuse in Russia. IMAGES
The trial in absentia of 20 Saudi suspects accused of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, including two former aides to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, begins in Istanbul. IMAGES
A Russian court is due to deliver its verdict in the trial of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, charged over the deaths of two Russian journalists in a case that the West and Kiev have dubbed a farce. IMAGES