Russian court sentences Pussy Riot member to six years in prison. Lyusya Shtein is accused of defaming the Russian military because she tweeted about the war in Ukraine.
The verdict in the trial was passed in absentia and she managed to escape the country. More than 19,800 people have been arrested in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine for speaking out against the war, according to civil rights platform OVD-Info. Those found guilty of spreading “false information” about the Russian army could face up to ten years in jail.