The Vasileostrovsky District Court of St. Petersburg has found artist Sasha Skochilenko guilty of spreading “fakes” about the Russian army, and has sentenced her to seven years of imprisonment in a general regime prison colony, according to a Mediazona correspondent who was in the courtroom.
The prosecution asked the court to sentence Skochilenko to eight years in a general regime colony, while the defense insisted on an acquittal.
Skochilenko was arrested in April 2022 for placing anti-war leaflets in a grocery store on top of price tags.
The artist has spent more than a year and a half in a pre-trial detention center, and has been diagnosed with several diseases. Skochilenko and her lawyers have pointed out that her imprisonment in a colony poses a risk to her life because she cannot receive qualified help.
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