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.”
Persons:
Alexandra Skochilenko, Skochilenko, Skochilenko “, “, ”, Marie Struthers, Struthers, ” Skochilenko “, ” Struthers
Organizations:
CNN, Armed Forces, Russian Federation, Novaya Gazeta, “, Amnesty, Central Asia
Locations:
Russian, St, Petersburg, St . Petersburg, Ukraine, Eastern Europe