A 16-year-old woman is in pre-trial detention in St. Petersburg for placing up posters of anti-establishment fighters on a bulletin board at her college, a neighborhood courtroom introduced on Dec. 29.
Russian authorities ramped up their crackdown on political opposition following the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Voicing discontent with Russia's struggle or Russian authorities can result in heavy penalties.
The kid, who the Kyiv Unbiased has chosen to not determine, allegedly put up posters titled "Heroes of Russia" with images of Denis Kapustin and Aleksiy Levkin on Dec. 26. Kapustin and Levkin are fighters within the Russian Volunteer Corps, a militant group established by Kapustin who has fought alongside Ukraine and opposes the rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian authorities detained the accussed on Dec. 27, charging her with "public requires committing terrorist actions or public justification of terrorism."
If convicted, Russian courts may impose hefty fines or a number of years in jail on her.
In line with the native courtroom, the accused requested home arrest as she awaits trial.
Almost 20,000 individuals have been detained in Russia, together with earlier situations of kid detentions, for alleged antiwar actions for the reason that begin of their full-scale invasion in February 2022, Freedom Home reviews.
Distinguished Russian lawyer, Dmitry Talantov was sentenced to seven years in jail on Nov. 28 following his arrest in June 2022. Talantov was convicted of inciting hatred and spreading what Russian regulation enforcement known as "false data" concerning the Russian navy.
The Kyiv IndependentThe Kyiv Independent news desk