Dadin's release had been expected after the Supreme Court had overturned his conviction on Wednesday. Lawyer Ksenya Kostromina said Dadin's release had been delayed until Sunday because it took several days for the Siberian jail to receive his documents from the court due to a combination of bureaucracy, a public holiday and the weekend. The lawyer said she had been informed of Dadin's release in a phone call from his wife, Anastasia Zotova, and had not seen him yet. Russian Constitutional Court had on Feb. 10 ordered a review of Dadin's conviction, arguing that the law criminalising certain types of protests had to be applied more proportionately. That was followed by the Supreme Court decision last week.

Source: The Star February 26, 2017 09:56 UTC