A Russian court has sentenced two people to a prison camp for two anti-war posts on social media. The 63-year-old would have spread “fakes” about the Russian army.
A Moscow court has sentenced a 63-year-old man to seven years in prison for two anti-war posts on social media. In March of the previous year, he had condemned the attacks by Russian military forces against the Ukrainian capital Kiev and the port city of Mariupol in two comments, reported on Thursday the Russian media “Meduza”, which works in Latvia. The court found him guilty of spreading “fakes” about the Russian army.
“As we kill children, we sing songs on Channel One; we Russia have become wicked – God forgive us,” read a post by the man on WKontakt. In his second comment he wrote “Russian planes bomb children”.
“Life must come first”
In his final words in court, the man stated that he valued everyone’s lives as the reason for his comments. “Life is an unconditional value that must come first, even if it is not seen as such in our country,” he said to “Meduza”. “I was raised that way.”
Russian law provides for severe penalties for any criticism of the armed forces or the conduct of the war in neighboring Ukraine.
(apa)