occupation article_title name nationality
journalist , editor aleksandr tolmachev -lrb- journalist -rrb-
 aleksandr tolmachev russian
aleksandr tolmachev -lrb- journalist -rrb-

aleksandr tolmachev is a russian journalist who edits the magazine `` upolnomochen zayavit '' and the newspaper `` pro rostov '' .
he was held in custody without trial from december 2011 to august 2013 after having criticized government authorities .
in october 2014 , he was found guilty of extortion and sentenced to nine years in a penal colony , despite a lack of evidence of guilt .
according to `` reporters without borders '' , `` tolmachev is renowned in the rostov region for denouncing judicial and political corruption and organized crime . ''
as of january 2 , 2015 , he was 59 years old .
