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Russia jails 19-year old for condemning its war in Ukraine

Activist Daria Kozyreva, who is charged with discrediting the Russian armed forces, reacts during a court hearing in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on April 18 [Anastasia Barashkova/Reuters]

A Russian court has handed down a prison sentence of nearly three years to Daria Kozyreva, a young activist who used 19th-century poetry and graffiti to protest the war in Ukraine.

A Reuters news agency witness in the court on Friday said Kozyreva, 19, was found guilty of repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian army after she put up a poster with lines of Ukrainian verse on a public square and gave an interview to Sever.Realii, a Russian-language service of Radio Free Europe.

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