Russia jails artist over Ukraine supermarket protest

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  • last year
A Russian court sentenced artist Alexandra Skochilenko to seven years in prison for spreading "false information" about the army after she swapped supermarket price tags with slogans criticising Russia's offensive in Ukraine.
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00:00 Sasha! Sasha! Sasha!
00:04 7 years of innocence is absolutely terrible.
00:19 And, to be honest, I still don't understand how a judge could give 7 years to an absolutely innocent woman.
00:26 [Sasha, a Russian soldier, was killed in a fight in the USSR]
00:31 [Sasha, a Russian soldier, was killed in a fight in the USSR]
00:37 ...because for a murder they sometimes give less than for 5 price tags in a store.
00:47 This is not justice, this is a coup.
00:50 This is the only way to call it.
00:52 [Sasha, a Russian soldier, was killed in a fight in the USSR]
00:58 I have no technique, I have no...
01:00 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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