'Hurt': Leningrad Siege survivor, 84, charged over peace placard

Those who criticize Vladimir Putin's Russian war of aggression live dangerously in Russia. Again and again there are arrests and convictions for several years in prison. Now an 84-year-old veteran has met. A court sentenced the war opponent Lyudmila Vasilyeva to a fine of 10,000 rubles (about 110 euros). The verdict was given for defamation of the Russian army, as media from the court in St. Petersburg reported. Vasilyeva is a survivor of the Le…

A grandmother of 4 grandchildren was sentenced this Friday to a fine of 10,000 rubles, the equivalent of 110 euros, for "discrediting" the Russian army. On the anniversary of the 3 years of the conflict in Ukraine, Lioudmila Vassilieva had waved in the streets of St. Petersburg a sign asking to "stop the war". A few days before the hearing, she pleaded "non-indifference" to justify her gesture. - "We are responsible for peace": a 84-year-old Rus…

The octogenary was found guilty of "retrobulation" of the Russian army after walking the street with a peace sign.

"I feel extremely bad for my country," said 84-year-old Lyudmila Vasilyeva.

A survivor of the German Nazi settlement on Leningrad in the Second World War, Liudmila Vasilieva (84 years old), was sentenced to a court-martial in St. Petersburg yesterday, for he had filed a poster requesting...

Surviving the siege of Leningrad, 84-year-old Liudmila Vassilieva was fined on Friday by a Russian court for publicly branding a "peace" sign in the midst of a Russian offensive in Ukraine.