Prosecutors in Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, asked a court on August 8 to convict and sentence anti-war activist Olga Smirnova to seven years in prison on charge of spreading fake news about the armed forces. The prosecutor also asked the court to ban Smirnova from administering websites for four years. The 54-year-old activist of the Peaceful Resistance movement was arrested in May 2022. Investigators say she placed materials about Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine on the Internet that contradicted the Defense Ministry's official statements about the aggression. To read the original story by RFE/RL's North.Realities, click here.
Prosecutors Seek Seven Years In Prison For Russian Anti-War Activist
Olga Smirnova appears in court in St. Petersburg on July 28.