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Several youths are currently on trial in Russia, accused of having co-founded an extremist movement. Judges have once again refused to release 18-year-old Anna Pavlikova from custody. Russian commentators see a strategy behind the rise in judicial excesses, which include Internet users being arrested for sharing posts on social media.

A 21-year-old man has died on the street in the Croatian city of Zaprešić after a rescue team made an unsuccessful attempt to revive him. The media see the fact that there was no doctor on the team as a symptom of lacking investment in the country's national healthcare system.

A US jury has sentenced Bayer subsidiary Monsanto to pay 254 million euros in damages. It ruled that the company had failed to properly warn Dewayne Johnson, a gardener suffering from cancer, of the risks of using the weedkiller Roundup, which contains glyphosate. What consequences will the ruling have for farmers and chemicals giant Bayer?

The Romanian prosecution has launched investigations after more than 400 protesters were injured at a large rally on Friday. Tens of thousands of demonstrators were protesting corruption and demanding the resignation of the social-liberal government, including many Romanians living abroad who returned to take part in the protests. Commentators see the brutality as continuing a tradition in the country.

For Turkey's President Erdoğan there is no room for doubt: Donald Trump and the US are responsible for the lira's plunge. Its dramatic decline on the currency markets since the end of last week has indeed been a result of the row over the imprisonment of US Pastor Andrew Brunson and the US tariffs. But this is by no means the only reason for the currency crisis, commentators explain.