A Moscow court on June 5 sentenced Internet streamer Anna Bazhutova to 5 1/2 years in prison on a charge of distributing false information about Russia's military. The charge was related to Bazhutova's online reports in 2022 that cited residents of the Ukrainian town of Bucha near Kyiv about atrocities alleged to have been committed by occupying Russian troops against civilians. Bazhutova pleaded not guilty, saying that she was against all war, and that this wasn't specifically aimed at Russia. She added that she published her reports on her YokoBovich channel on Twitch while under heavy emotional stress and taking medication. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Russian Internet Streamer Jailed For War Reports
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