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How the Russian Government Silences Wartime DissentJust days after invading Ukraine, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia signed a censorship law that made it illegal to “discredit” the army. The indignities of the crackdown, and the long arm of the Russia law, is being lost in the numbers. Nanna Heitmann for The New York TimesIn dry legalese, the court documents recount the Russian state’s case against these statements and protests. People’s “negative assessment” of the Russian military could adversely affect its performance, the court said, presenting a national security risk. And I very much don’t want this.”Sergei Platonov at district court in Moscow listening to his guilty verdict in November.

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"Fear is present but it is conscious," said Duntsova, who this month announced she wanted to run for president in the March 2024 election. They say that Putin has restored order and some of the clout Russia lost during the chaos of the Soviet collapse. When asked what she thought of Putin, Duntsova laughed nervously. "When in Europe and the United States they say that Russia and the Russians are Putin - that is not right. She said hardliners in the West and in Russia would be happy to see Russia closing itself off from the world.

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Ukrainian forces say they have have “gained a foothold” on the left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine. In March, EU member states agreed to provide Ukraine with 1 million rounds of artillery ammunition for Ukraine to be delivered within 12 months. Both Ukraine and Russia need to replenish extraordinary amounts of ammunition as a grinding war of attrition continues in Ukraine’s east and south. Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, pictured in court in 2014, has received a presidential pardon after doing a stint fighting in Ukraine. The visit was previously unannounced and comes amid concerns that the Israel-Gaza conflict will divert international attention from the war in Ukraine.

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☆ Russian Artist Sentenced to Seven Years for Replacing Price Tags With Antiwar Messages
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Aleksandra Skochilenko was also banned for three years from maintaining a presence on social-media sites or posting on the internet. Photo: Peter Kovalev/Zuma PressA Russian artist accused of replacing price tags in a supermarket with antiwar messaging was sentenced to seven years in prison, in the latest example of the Kremlin’s efforts to crush everyday opposition to its war on Ukraine. A court in Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg Thursday found Aleksandra Skochilenko , a 33-year-old artist and musician, guilty of knowingly spreading false information about the Russian military and ordered that she serve her term in a penal colony, according to information published by the Vasileostrovsky District Court. She was also banned for three years from maintaining a presence on social-media sites or posting on the internet, the court said.

Persons: Aleksandra Skochilenko, Peter Kovalev Organizations: Press Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia’s, St, Petersburg, Vasileostrovsky

☆ Russian artist receives seven-year sentence for anti-war protest
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Anna Chernova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Russian artist Alexandra Skochilenko, who had replaced price tags with anti-war messages in a St. Petersburg grocery store as an act of protest, was sentenced to seven years in jail by a court in the Russian city on Thursday. “Today, scientists and doctors around the world are fighting to increase human life expectancy and find cures for deadly diseases. Therefore, I don’t understand: what is (this) war for? War is death,” she added, according to a courtroom correspondent for the independent news outlet Mediazona. “Her persecution has become synonymous with the absurdly cruel oppression faced by Russians openly opposing their country’s criminal war.”

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Skochilenko, an artist and musician known as Sasha to her friends, has admitted replacing price tags in a supermarket in her native St Petersburg on March 31 2022 with small pieces of paper urging an end to the war and criticising the authorities. But Skochilenko, who has already spent over a year-and-a half in prison, denies the formal charge of knowingly spreading false information about the Russian army. Skochilenko is due to make a final statement on Thursday to a court in St Petersburg which is expected to deliver a verdict on the same day. Amnesty International has declared Skochilenko "a prisoner of conscience" - someone who is imprisoned solely because of who they are or what they believe. Reporting by Reuters Writing by Andrew Osborn Editing by Barbara LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Russian Artist Who Used Supermarket Price Tags to Criticise Ukraine War Faces Verdict
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Andrew Osborn(Reuters) - A Russian artist who replaced supermarket price tags with messages calling for an end to Moscow's war in Ukraine is expected to learn her fate in court on Thursday with a state prosecutor asking for her to be jailed for eight years. But Skochilenko, who has already spent over a year-and-a half in prison, denies the formal charge of knowingly spreading false information about the Russian army. Skochilenko is due to make a final statement on Thursday to a court in St Petersburg which is expected to deliver a verdict on the same day. Amnesty International has declared Skochilenko "a prisoner of conscience" - someone who is imprisoned solely because of who they are or what they believe. One of her lawyers, Yana Nepovinnova, told the court on Monday that her client should be acquitted.

Persons: Andrew Osborn, Alexandra Skochilenko, Russia's, Moscow, Vladimir Putin, Sasha, Skochilenko, Yana Nepovinnova, Barbara Lewis Organizations: Amnesty International, Reuters Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, St Petersburg

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court on Tuesday fined Google for failing to store personal data on its Russian users, the latest in a series of fines on the U.S. tech giant amid tensions between the Kremlin and the West over the fighting in Ukraine. A magistrate at Moscow's Tagansky district court fined Google 15 million rubles (about $164,200) after the company repeatedly refused to store personal data on Russian citizens in the country. Google was previously fined over the same charges in August 2021 and June 2022 under a Russian law that obliges foreign entities to localize the personal data of their Russian users. Russia can do little to collect the fine, however, as Google's Russia business was effectively shut down last year after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine. Since sending troops into Ukraine in February 2022, Russian authorities have taken measures to stifle any criticism of the military campaign.

Persons: Vladimir Kara, Murza, Sasha Skochilenko Organizations: MOSCOW, —, Kremlin, Google, Apple, Wikimedia Foundation, Prosecutors Locations: Moscow, Ukraine, Moscow's Tagansky, Russia, St . Petersburg

Authorities have detained nearly 20,000 people for anti-war activity and opened over 800 criminal cases against anti-war dissidents, according to the OVD-Info rights group. Skochilenko replaced price tags in a supermarket in her native St Petersburg on March 31 2022 with five small pieces of paper urging an end to the war. "Even you, your honour (the judge), even you, the state prosecutor, you also don’t want people to die prematurely, for young soldiers to lie in the fields, for civilians to die." Copies of the imitation price tags produced by Skochilenko are on display on a website maintained by her supporters. Another alleges Russia was sending conscripts to fight in Ukraine, which Russia has also denied.

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☆ Lawyers Seek Release of Russian Artist Who Staged Anti-War Price Tag Protest
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

Critics say it is part of a crackdown on anyone who speaks out against Moscow's "special military operation". Authorities have detained nearly 20,000 people for anti-war activity and opened over 800 criminal cases against anti-war dissidents, according to the OVD-Info rights group. The justice ministry has designated the rights group a "foreign agent" and its website is blocked in Russia. Copies of the imitation price tags produced by Skochilenko are on display on a website maintained by her supporters. Another alleges Russia was sending conscripts to fight in Ukraine, which Russia has also denied.

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☆ Russian artist who staged anti-war supermarket protest faces eight years in jail
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Alexandra Skochilenko, 33, carried out the protest on March 31 last year, replacing price tags with pieces of paper urging an end to the war. She was detained in April 2022 after a shopper complained about her action, which included displaying information about civilians allegedly killed in Russian shelling - something Moscow denied at the time - where supermarket prices would usually be. Skochilenko, who smiled from a courtroom cage on Wednesday, is being tried on the charge of spreading fake information about the Russian army, which is punishable by up to 10 years in jail. She denies her guilt and says her protest was purely a peaceful one. Reporting by Andrew Osborn Editing by Guy FaulconbridgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Alexandra, Sasha, Skochilenko, Alexandra Skochilenko, Andrew Osborn, Guy Faulconbridge Organizations: Wednesday, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Saint ., St Petersburg, Moscow

☆ Russian Artist Who Staged Anti-War Supermarket Protest Faces Eight Years in Jail
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - State prosecutors in St Petersburg on Wednesday asked a judge to jail a female artist for eight years after she staged a protest against Russia's war in Ukraine by replacing supermarket price tags with calls to stop the conflict. Alexandra Skochilenko, 33, carried out the protest on March 31 last year, replacing price tags with pieces of paper urging an end to the war. She was detained in April 2022 after a shopper complained about her action, which included displaying information about civilians allegedly killed in Russian shelling - something Moscow denied at the time - where supermarket prices would usually be. Skochilenko, who smiled from a courtroom cage on Wednesday, is being tried on the charge of spreading fake information about the Russian army, which is punishable by up to 10 years in jail. She denies her guilt and says her protest was purely a peaceful one.

Persons: Alexandra Skochilenko, Andrew Osborn, Guy Faulconbridge Organizations: Reuters, Wednesday Locations: St Petersburg, Ukraine, Moscow

☆ A female doctor fled Russia to avoid being drafted amid fears the 'partial mobilization' will include women medics
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A female doctor told Insider she fled Russia because she feared being called up to serve in Ukraine. Another Russian woman, who trained as a nurse, told Insider that she'd rather go to prison than serve. "I'd been planning to immigrate to Germany for a while for work," she told Insider. The majority of doctors in Russia are womenVarvara had been planning to move to Germany with her husband in November. Sonia Subbotina, the girlfriend of jailed anti-war artist Alexandra Skochilenko, told Insider that she intends to remain indefinitely in St. Petersburg to care for Skochilenko.

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