'Hurt': Leningrad Siege survivor, 84, charged over peace placard
- Lyudmila Vasilyeva, an 84-year-old Siege of Leningrad survivor, was fined in Saint Petersburg for holding a peace placard in 2025.
- She was charged under laws banning "discrediting" the armed forces following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine amid a tightening domestic crackdown.
- Her placard read "People, let's stop the war," addressing fellow Russians to influence public opinion despite widespread censorship and repression.
- The court imposed a fine of 10,000 rubles , a comparatively lenient penalty amid harsher punishments for critics of the military campaign.
- Vasilyeva expressed pain over her country’s state but remains unapologetic, highlighting ongoing risks for dissenters calling for peace in Russia.
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Those who criticize Vladimir Putin's Russian war of aggression live dangerously in Russia. Again and again there are arrests and convictions for several years in prison. Now an 84-year-old veteran has met. A court sentenced the war opponent Lyudmila Vasilyeva to a fine of 10,000 rubles (about 110 euros). The verdict was given for defamation of the Russian army, as media from the court in St. Petersburg reported. Vasilyeva is a survivor of the Le…
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