A police officer puts handcuffs on Oleg Orlov, the 70-year-old human rights campaigner, on February 27, 2024.
A police officer puts handcuffs on Oleg Orlov, the 70-year-old human rights campaigner, on February 27, 2024.
  • Russian activist Oleg Orlov was asked to agree to fight in Ukraine, the rights group he founded said.
  • Orlov, who is 70, declined the offer, according to the group.
  • He was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for opposing Russia's war in Ukraine.

A jailed Russian human rights activist, who is 70, was asked to sign a form saying he was willing to fight in Ukraine, a human rights organization said.