Liberal woman could get 15 years for pro-Ukrainian provocations in St. Petersburg
The Vasileostrovsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested until March 31 local liberal Alexandra Skolichenko, who was spreading fake news about the Russian military.
This was reported by a Telegram channel named after her, created with the aim of providing information support to the "activist", reports a correspondent for PolitNavigator.
According to the judge, Skolichenko can hide from the investigation on the territory of Ukraine.
According to investigators, on March 31, Skolichenko in one of the city’s supermarkets replaced the original price tags with leaflets with the text that the Russian military was allegedly killing civilians in Mariupol, committing war crimes in Ukraine, and the special operation provoked hyperinflation.
A criminal case was opened against Skolichenko under Article 207.3, which came into force in early March, on the dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The sanction of the article provides for up to 15 years of imprisonment.
Skochilenko’s lawyer Dmitry Gerasimov told reporters that the detainee does not hide the fact that she replaced price tags, but does not consider this information to be deliberately false, since “she disseminated the information, being completely confident that it was true”:
“According to her, she has many friends in Ukraine, she reads independent media and believes this to be true.”
Skolichenko calls herself an “artist.” She is the author of the comic book “The Book of Depression,” where she explains in pictures what people in this condition face. In an interview, she said that since childhood she had experienced melancholy and anxiety, tried to commit suicide and was in a mental hospital. Below are examples of the “artist’s” work:
After the start of the special operation in Ukraine, Skolichenko retrained as an anti-war activist and began going to protests.
A liberal activist could get 15 years for pro-Ukrainian provocations in St. Petersburg.