Military Court Jails Soviet Dissident Skobov 16 Years for ‘Justifying Terrorism’

This dissident had already spent eight years in the prisons and psychiatric hospitals of the USSR. Opposed to the military offensive of the Kremlin in Ukraine, he is prosecuted for "apology of terrorism".

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DRAMATIC footage has emerged showing a brave Russian dissident calling tyrant Vladimir Putin a murderer and slamming him as the “new Hitler”. Alexander Skobov, a long-time Putin critic who has been described as his worst enemy since his KGB days, said he “stinks of corpses”. East2WestRussian dissident Alexander Skobov, 67, repressed by KGB agent Putin in Soviet times, as he is jailed for 16 years[/caption] East2WestHe is a longtime fierce critic…

Military Court Jails Soviet Dissident Skobov 16 Years for ‘Justifying Terrorism’

A Russian military court sentenced Soviet dissident Alexander Skobov to 16 years in prison on charges of justifying terrorism and being a member of a terrorist organization, the exiled news outlet Mediazona reported Friday.

The 1st Western District Military Court in St. Petersburg sentenced Alexander Skobov, a publicist and human rights activist and dissident, to 16 years in prison. He is accused of justifying terrorism and participating in a terrorist community. This was reported from the court by the St. Petersburg newspaper “Bumaga”. The prosecution requested 18 years in prison for him.

The 1st Western District Military Court in St. Petersburg sentenced 67-year-old dissident and former Soviet political prisoner Alexander Skobov to 16 years in prison, Mediazona reports.

The 1st Western District Military Court sentenced 67-year-old dissident Alexander Skobov to 16 years in prison and a fine of 300,000 rubles. Skobov, who first hit...