Snowden's new pals

Russia Keeps Up Prosecutions Of Critics, Living And Dead : Parallels : NPR

A Russian court's conviction of a dead man, Sergei Magnitsky, made headlines this past week because the case was so bizarre.  

But Kremlin critics say it's just one in a string of recent prosecutions in which President Vladimir Putin's government is using the courts to silence whistle-blowers and muzzle dissent.