Criticized Putin for the aggression against Ukraine, the 43-year-old woman in Moscow is sentenced to 8 years in prison

2024-11-14 18:05:28 / BOTA ALFA PRESS

Criticized Putin for the aggression against Ukraine, the 43-year-old woman in

A military court in Moscow sentenced a 43-year-old woman to eight years in prison on Thursday for posting anti-war comments online, including some calling for the assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin, news agencies reported.

Anastasia Berezhinskaya, a Moscow theater director and mother of two young children, was found guilty of two wartime censorship laws — discrediting the Russian military and spreading false information about it — and justifying terrorism.

More than 1,000 people have been prosecuted in Russia for speaking out against the war in Ukraine, and more than 20,000 have been arrested for protesting.

On Tuesday, a Moscow court sentenced a 68-year-old pediatrician to five and a half years in prison after the mother of one of her patients publicly denounced her for comments about Russian soldiers in Ukraine.