A military court in Siberia has handed prison terms to two teenagers over graffiti they painted protesting Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Aleksandr Snezhkov, 19, and Lyubov Lizunova, 16, were sentenced to 6 years and 3 1/2 years in prison, respectively, on April 25. A third defendant in the case, Vladislav Vishnevsky, 20, was handed 18 months of work in an industrial facility to be designated by the authorities with the deduction of some portion of his salary by the state treasury. Snezhkov told RFE/RL earlier that he and Lizunova wanted their graffiti to express their opposition to “repressions and the war in Ukraine.” To read the original story by RFE/RL's Siberia.Realities, click here.
Siberian Teens Get Prison Terms Over Anti-War Graffiti
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