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RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
A court in Russia’s western region of Tver has sentenced a couple to prison terms for condemning Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine online. The Konakovo City Court on March 17 sentenced Aleksandr Martynov and his wife, Lyudmila Razumova, to 6 1/2 and 7 years in prison, respectively, after finding them guilty of vandalism and discrediting Russia's armed forces. The couple was arrested in April last year after they criticized the war on a social network and painted anti-war slogans on buildings in several villages and towns in the region. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian service, click here.
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