Forbidden peace: seven years in prison for anti-war labels


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“The grass is green, and war is bad,” says Sergei Vesselov, a peace blogger. For his positions against Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, he now risks up to fifteen years in prison. Yesterday, a peace activist, Sacha Skotchilenko, was sentenced to seven years in prison. More than 800 criminal cases have been opened in Russia since February 24, 2022 and despite this, some still find the courage to speak out.

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