Russia sentences Pussy Riot activist to eight years for Ukraine 'war fakes'.

Russia sentences Pussy Riot activist Pyotr Verzilov to eight years and four months in prison in absentia for social media posts criticising the war in Ukraine. Verzilov, who rose to prominence as the unofficial spokesperson of the feminist opposition group Pussy Riot, has been convicted by Moscow's Basmanny District Court for spreading "deliberately false" information about the Russian military.

April 02, 2024
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