A court of appeals in Russia's southwestern city of Krasnodar has canceled the sentence of pianist Mikhail Selitsky for the "Putin Is A Thief" graffiti he painted on a building in the city. Selitsky's lawyer Rustam Mukhamadeyev said on August 3 that the court sent the case back to the initial court for retrial. Selitsky was arrested in May 2021 and in October last year handed a parole-like 18-month sentence and ordered to undergo a psychiatric treatment program in an outpatient facility. The term of parole-like restrictions was later cut by one month. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Caucasus.Realities, click here.
Russian Court Of Appeals Cancels Sentence Of Musician Convicted For Anti-Putin Graffiti
Russian pianist Mikhail Selitsky (file photo)