SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) — A Saint Petersburg court yesterday fined a Russian activist for setting rats loose in the regional Parliament to protest Government inaction.Ilya Mokhov, 23, was fined 10,000 rubles (US$150) for “violating the rules of public meetings”, the court press service said.Mokhov brought the two rats in a cardboard box into the Saint Petersburg legislative assembly last month.
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