Sasha Skochilenko, a 33 year-old artist and musician cries standing behind bars in the court room in the Vasileostrovsky district court in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Skochilenko has been convicted of spreading false information about the military and sentenced to 7 years in prison after replacing several supermarket price tags with slogans criticizing Russia's military action in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
November 16, 2023
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November 16, 2023 10:40 a.m.
Russian artist who protested Ukraine war gets 7 years in prison in latest crackdown on free speech
Skochilenko has been held for nearly 19 months before her trial, meaning that her overall term will be reduced by more than two years, since every day served in a pre-trial detention center counts as 1.5 days of time served in a regular penal colony.