A Russian woman in her 60s was found guilty of insulting the parents of the late Russian President Vladimir Putin on the 12th (local time).
According to Al Jazeera, a court in St. Petersburg on the same day sentenced Irina Chivaneva (60) guilty of desecrating the graves of Putin’s parents out of political hatred and imposed a suspended sentence of two years.
The European edition of Novaya Gazeta, a Russian daily, reported that Chibaneva was at the grave of Putin’s parents buried in Serafimovsko Cemetery: “Death to Putin, you raised monsters and murderers. take him “He caused so much pain and trouble,” it said, adding a note saying, “The whole world is praying for him to die.”
Chibaneva acknowledged her wrongdoing in court that day, saying that she wrote the memo after hearing reports about the war in Ukraine.
“I was overwhelmed with fear after watching the news and felt very uncomfortable,” he said. “It may be my fault, but I hardly remember writing the notes and I have no idea what the text was about.” At the same time, he said, “I realized that I had given in to my feelings and acted irrationally,” and “I am sorry that my actions offended or affected anyone.”
Prosecutors initially sought a three-year suspended sentence. Chibaneva’s lawyer argued that guilt could not be established because there was no physical damage to the tomb and the defendant’s actions were not publicly disclosed. Chiba Neva, too, said he was sure he would not get any attention because his notes were in a small tin.
Meanwhile, a Russian military court sentenced Nikita Tushkhanov, a history teacher in Komi, northeastern Russia, to five years and six months in prison for speaking out about an explosion that occurred in October last year on the Kerch Bridge, which connects Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula with the Russian mainland. sentenced to months in prison. He was accused of defaming the Russian military and justifying terrorism by writing on social media that he was a “birthday gift” from Putin at the time of the Kerch Bridge explosion.
Source: Donga
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