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'I May Be Behind Bars, But I’m Freer Than You:' A Russian Antiwar Protester Gets Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison

Artist Sasha Skochilenko changed the price tags at a St. Petersburg grocery store with antiwar messages. She became the first person charged under a repressive law punishing dissent.

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Nov 19, 2023
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Shortly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, St. Petersburg artist Aleksandra Skochilenko, who usually goes by Sasha, protested by replacing price tags at a local grocery store w…

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