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Environmental activist jailed during Olympics

By Nataliya Vasilyeva
Published February 3, 2014 4:15pm ET
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Environmental activist jailed during Olympics
A Sochi 2014 logo of the 2014 Winter Olympics standing on mud and rubble in front of snow-covered mountains is reflected in a puddle, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer) | Gero Breloer

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — 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.

Yevgeny Vitishko, who is serving a three-year, suspended sentence for spray-painting a fence, had planned on traveling to Sochi to present an environmental report.

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