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Ukrainian journalist Yanina Sokolovskaya, who participated in Russian propaganda talk shows, was sentenced in absentia in the Russian Federation on charges of “fakes” about the army

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A court in Moscow sentenced Ukrainian journalist Yanina Sokolovskaya in absentia to seven and a half years in prison, accused of spreading “fakes” about the Russian army motivated by political hatred (article 207.3, paragraph 2 (d), of the Criminal Code). She was also banned from administering websites for four years, according to the Moscow Prosecutor's Office.

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A court in Moscow sentenced Ukrainian journalist Yanina Sokolovskaya in absentia to seven and a half years in prison, accused of spreading “fakes” about the Russian army motivated by political hatred (article 207.3, paragraph 2 (d), of the Criminal Code). She was also banned from administering websites for four years, according to the Moscow Prosecutor's Office.

·Riga, Latvia
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Russia opened a criminal case under the article on “fakes” about the Russian army against Maria Smorzhevsky-Smirnova, director of the Estonian Museum in Narva, and in January 2025 she was arrested in absentia. The reason was a poster with the words “Putin is a war criminal” on the museum wall. Maria said she is proud of her arrest

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currenttime.tv broke the news in on Thursday, January 23, 2025.
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